Name: The House of Little Sisters (en Inglés)
Price: 22930.00 CLP
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Author: Nava, Eva Wong
ISBN: 9789814882279

portada The House of Little Sisters (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Eva Wong Nava

Editorial

Penguin

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.6 x 12.4 x 1.5 cm

Peso

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9789814882279

Categorías

Ficción infantil / ficción juvenil: ficción general
Ficción infantil / ficción juvenil: historias de relaciones: relatos románticos, de amor o de amistad
Ficción infantil / ficción juvenil: ficción histórica

The House of Little Sisters (en Inglés)

Eva Wong Nava (Autor) · Penguin · Tapa Blanda

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'An engrossing read ... a testimony of Eva Wong Nava's attention to period details and exquisite storytelling skills' - Felix Cheong, award-winning author of Sprawl: A Graphic Novel 'A beautiful, haunting, visceral experience. You'll savour the sights, sounds and smells of pre-WW II Singapore and be mesmerized by a cast of characters as delicately layered and sumptuously rich as a delicious kueh lapis. If this book were a dish, it would deserve five Michelin Stars. Eva Wong-Nava cooks up a special tale that will be savoured by generations to come.' - Dave Seow, children's book author of more than 45 books A SUPERNATURAL EXPOSÉ OF A PAST SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS A TIGHT GRIP ON CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA It's August of 1931 in Singapore, sixteen-year-old Lim Mei Mei (Ah Mei) arrives at the home of Eminent Mister Lee on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Month. She has been sold to the family as a mui tsai, an indentured servant girl. At the Lee household, Lim Mei Mei's life education begins. There she encounters the spirit of Ah Lian, a mui tsai, who paid the ultimate price for her mistake. Through Ah Lian, Ah Mei discovers the plight of mui tsai, who are both helpless and powerful, and uncovers a shameful secret lurking in the shadows in the Lee house. Ah Mei also meets and falls in love with Hassan Mohamed, an Indian-Muslim and an aspiring poet, breaking every clause in the rule book of love in 1930s British Malaya. She becomes Hassan's Polar Star, and the young lovers must find a way to stay together. Through a twist of fate, Ah Mei finds a solution that will keep her and Hassan together, at the same time gaining agency that will secure her own future as an uneducated servant girl in British Malaya.