The Orientalist and the Ghost

Name: The Orientalist and the Ghost
Brand: Transworld
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By Susan Barker

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Dark themes of colonial misconduct, racial prejudice, and doomed love resonate throughout this novel, yet it is infused with characteristic humor and warmth. It opens in Malaysia during the 1950s Communist insurrection when a young Englishman, Christopher, falls in love with a Chinese girl. The book then moves to 1969 where Frances, Christopher's Eurasian teenage daughter, is seduced by a Chinese teacher twice her age and drawn into the Malay-Chinese race riots in Kuala Lumpur. The final part of the book travels to 1990s London; Frances' two mixed-race children live with their grandfather on a council estate, and embark on a quest to discover the truth behind their mother's death.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Release Date:

2008-08-01

Publication Date:

2008-08-31

Publisher:

Transworld

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0385609809

ISBN13:

9780385609807

Weight:

460 g

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