Author: Sandeep Ray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353571016
Category : East Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1956, the Senguptas travel from Calcutta to rural Malaya to start afresh. In their new hamlet of anonymity, the couple gradually forget past troubles and form new ties. But this second home is not entirely free and gentle. A complex, racially charged society, it is on the brink of independence even as communist insurgents hover on the periphery. How much should a newcomer meddle before it starts to destroy him? Shuttling in time and temper between the rubber plantations of Malaya and the anguish-filled years of pre-Partition Bengal, between the Malayan Emergency and Direct Action Day, between indifference and lust, A Flutter in the Colony is a tender, resonant chronicle of a family struggling to remain together in the twilight of Empire in Asia.
A Flutter in the Colony
Author: Sandeep Ray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353571016
Category : East Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1956, the Senguptas travel from Calcutta to rural Malaya to start afresh. In their new hamlet of anonymity, the couple gradually forget past troubles and form new ties. But this second home is not entirely free and gentle. A complex, racially charged society, it is on the brink of independence even as communist insurgents hover on the periphery. How much should a newcomer meddle before it starts to destroy him? Shuttling in time and temper between the rubber plantations of Malaya and the anguish-filled years of pre-Partition Bengal, between the Malayan Emergency and Direct Action Day, between indifference and lust, A Flutter in the Colony is a tender, resonant chronicle of a family struggling to remain together in the twilight of Empire in Asia.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353571016
Category : East Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1956, the Senguptas travel from Calcutta to rural Malaya to start afresh. In their new hamlet of anonymity, the couple gradually forget past troubles and form new ties. But this second home is not entirely free and gentle. A complex, racially charged society, it is on the brink of independence even as communist insurgents hover on the periphery. How much should a newcomer meddle before it starts to destroy him? Shuttling in time and temper between the rubber plantations of Malaya and the anguish-filled years of pre-Partition Bengal, between the Malayan Emergency and Direct Action Day, between indifference and lust, A Flutter in the Colony is a tender, resonant chronicle of a family struggling to remain together in the twilight of Empire in Asia.
A Flutter of Butterflies
Author: Michael F. Braby
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642277257
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A Flutter of Butterflies is a stunning showcase of butterfly and moth illustrations held by the National Library of Australia. The works span the years from the 1770s, through the early colonial period to the turn of the twenty-first century.As well as containing a plethora of gorgeous colour images, the publication features a fascinating introductory essay about the history of Australian Lepidoptera illustration. In addition to the essay, the book offers biographical essays about the artists represented, among whom are some of Australias most-loved artists, including Louisa Anne Meredith, Marian Ellis Rowan and Charles McCubbin.
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642277257
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
A Flutter of Butterflies is a stunning showcase of butterfly and moth illustrations held by the National Library of Australia. The works span the years from the 1770s, through the early colonial period to the turn of the twenty-first century.As well as containing a plethora of gorgeous colour images, the publication features a fascinating introductory essay about the history of Australian Lepidoptera illustration. In addition to the essay, the book offers biographical essays about the artists represented, among whom are some of Australias most-loved artists, including Louisa Anne Meredith, Marian Ellis Rowan and Charles McCubbin.
George Linton; Or, The First Years of an English Colony
Author: John Robinson (F.R.G.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
DMZ Colony
Author: Don Mee Choi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940696966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A new book by Don Mee Choi that includes poems, prose, and images" --
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940696966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A new book by Don Mee Choi that includes poems, prose, and images" --
A Parchment of Leaves
Author: Silas House
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616202912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
When Silas House made his debut with Clay's Quilt last year, it touched a nerve not just in his home state (where it quickly became a bestseller), but all across the country. Glowing reviews-from USA Today (House is letter-perfect with his first novel), to the Philadelphia Inquirer (Compelling. . . . House knows what's important and reminds us of the value of family and home, love and loyalty), to the Mobile Register (Poetic, haunting), and everywhere in between-established him as a writer to watch. His second novel won't disappoint. Set in 1917, A PARCHMENT OF LEAVES tells the story of Vine, a beautiful Cherokee woman who marries a white man, forsaking her family and their homeland to settle in with his people and make a home in the heart of the mountains. Her mother has strange forebodings that all will not go well, and she's right. Vine is viewed as an outsider, treated with contempt by other townspeople. Add to that her brother-in-law's fixation on her, and Vine's life becomes more complicated than she could have ever imagined. In the violent turn of events that ensues, she learns what it means to forgive others and, most important, how to forgive herself. As haunting as an old-time ballad, A PARCHMENT OF LEAVES is filled with the imagery, dialect, music, and thrumming life of the Kentucky mountains. For Silas House, whose great-grandmother was Cherokee, this novel is also a tribute to the family whose spirit formed him.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616202912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
When Silas House made his debut with Clay's Quilt last year, it touched a nerve not just in his home state (where it quickly became a bestseller), but all across the country. Glowing reviews-from USA Today (House is letter-perfect with his first novel), to the Philadelphia Inquirer (Compelling. . . . House knows what's important and reminds us of the value of family and home, love and loyalty), to the Mobile Register (Poetic, haunting), and everywhere in between-established him as a writer to watch. His second novel won't disappoint. Set in 1917, A PARCHMENT OF LEAVES tells the story of Vine, a beautiful Cherokee woman who marries a white man, forsaking her family and their homeland to settle in with his people and make a home in the heart of the mountains. Her mother has strange forebodings that all will not go well, and she's right. Vine is viewed as an outsider, treated with contempt by other townspeople. Add to that her brother-in-law's fixation on her, and Vine's life becomes more complicated than she could have ever imagined. In the violent turn of events that ensues, she learns what it means to forgive others and, most important, how to forgive herself. As haunting as an old-time ballad, A PARCHMENT OF LEAVES is filled with the imagery, dialect, music, and thrumming life of the Kentucky mountains. For Silas House, whose great-grandmother was Cherokee, this novel is also a tribute to the family whose spirit formed him.
Political Science Quarterly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
A review devoted to the historical statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
A review devoted to the historical statistical and comparative study of politics, economics and public law.
History of New England
Author: John Gorham Palfrey
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
At Night We are Dancers
Author: R. M. Topacio-Aplaon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789814882996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789814882996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
History of New England During the Stuart Dynasty
Author: John Gorham Palfrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony on the Public Health and on the Government and State-aided Hospitals of the Colony Together with Reports of District Surgeons and Local Authorities ...
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Colonial Secretary's Dept. Local Government and Health Branch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description