In A Bit of Earth, Suchen Christine Lim deftly weaves historical fact and a fiery imagination in a visually powerful multicultural story that spans three generations and four decades-proving once again that she is one of Asia's leading fiction writers.Malaya.
Read more ISBNĪ Bit of Earth (Trade Paperback / Paperback, 3rd ed.) In the midst of this, a student meets a tragic death, while a lecturer and a suspected Communist agent provocateur goes crazy in his attempts to radicalize the students-workers' movement. They organize a protest march against the Vietnam War, which leads to a riot, detention and deportation of the workers they try to help. Fresh into university, she leads a group of students to question the values of a nation gripped by fear of the government and loss of their rice bowl. of her first love, a Singaporean police inspector, and embraces the liberalism of her second love, an American missionary. Young, passionate and idealistic, Sister Marie rejects the conformity.
The first novel from Singapore Literature Prize Winner Suchen Christine Lim.A powerful story of young love and idealism set in Singapore in the 1960s, a time of political uncertainties and economic insecurity.
Rice Bowl (Trade Paperback / Paperback, 3rd ed.)
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