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Breaking the Tongue
Breaking the Tongue
Author: Vyvyane Loh
"Breaking the Tongue" astonishes. This book tells stories heretofore untold with its vivid, dense, and multifaceted evocation of Singapore during the Second World War. Vyvyane Loh's richly ambitious narrative weaves the personal and the political into an unforgettable novel.
ISBN: 49834
Pages: 405
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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A searing first novel--about a young Chinese man whose father is enamorated with the British colonial government just prior to WWII in Singapore--then the Japanese invade.
Received MANY great and well deserved reviews--I stayed up until past midnight to read it (shocking for me!)
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