The Storm We Made - Vanessa Chan
Výrobce: Hodder and Stoughton
EAN: 9781399712583
Výrobní číslo: 9781399712583
Destined to become a modern-day classic, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war and the power of familial love, for fans of Pachinko, All the Light We Cannot See and Wandering Souls. Her decision changed history. Now her family must survive it. British Malaya, 1930s Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara and the glorious future he is promising for 'independent' Malaya, free from British colonialism. As she becomes further embedded as his own personal spy, she unwittingly alters the fate of her country by welcoming in a punishing form of dictatorship under the Japanese in WWII. Japanese-occupied Malaya, 1945 Cecily and her family are barely surviving. Her children, Jujube, Abel and Jasmin, are surrounded by threat, and look to their mother to keep them safe. But she can't tell them about the part she played in the war - and she doesn't know how to protect them. Can Cecily face up to her past to save her children? Or is it already too late... ? Review Brave and immensely moving, The Storm We Made is one of the most powerful and confident debuts I've ever read. A storytelling star is born -- Tracy Chevalier In Vanessa Chan's spellbinding debut, one woman's desire to change her destiny shapes the future of a colonized nation. Combining cinematic grandeur with nuanced storytelling, The Storm We Made offers the hidden history that only fiction can reveal: the everyday yearnings of people surviving a brutal occupation,
Parametry
Autor | Vanessa Chan |
ISBN | 9781399712583 |
Jazyk | anglický; Anglicky; česky |
Nakladatelství | Nakladatelství; Host |
Počet stran | 352; 340; 376 |
Překlad | Jana Knotková |
Rok vydania | 2024 |
Rok vydání | Rok vydání; 2024 |
Vazba | brožovaná; vázaná |
Žánr | Beletrie |
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