Tale of the dreamer's son / Preeta Samarasan.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : World Editions, [2022]Description: 493 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1642861200
- 9781642861204
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Main Library | Fiction | SAMARASA PREETA | Available | 33111010912067 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
By the author of the international bestseller Evening Is The Whole Day , this novel set in Malaysia will appeal to readers of Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai
In what was once a Scottish tea planter's mansion in the highlands of Peninsular Malaysia, all religions are one and race is unheard of. That is, until the occupants of what is now known as the Muhibbah Centre for World Peace are joined by Salmah, a Malay Muslim woman. "All are welcome here," they are reminded by their spiritual leader, Cyril Dragon, who is ignoring news of the changing political climate with its increasing religious intolerance. He is still trying to forget May 13, 1969, when ethnic tensions boiled over into bloodshed. Tale of the Dreamer's Son guides us from that fateful incident in Malaysian history to the present day. Throughout, Samarasan's polyphonic, rambunctious prose brilliantly navigates the tug-of-war between ideals and reality.
The novel takes readers from a fateful incident in Malaysian history on May 13, 1969--when ethnic tensions boiled over into bloodshed--to the present day where Cyril Dragon, the spiritual leader of a group in Peninsular Malaysia, is trying his best to ignore the changing political climate and increasing intolerance.