ISBN: 9781597098892
Editorial: Red Hen Press
Autor: Liu, Aimee
Año de edición: 2020
N° Paginas: 344
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: "For readers who are unafraid to be swept away." - Booklist, starred reviewA World War II story unlike any you've ever read before, with characters and settings you'll never forget."The most memorable and original novel I've read... evokes every side in a multi-cultural conversation with sympathy and rare understanding." - Pico Iyer, author of The Art of StillnessFor fans of Michael Ondaatje's Warlight and Lily King's Euphoria...Glorious Boy is a sweeping tale of war and devotion, longing and loss, and the power of love to prevail."Bound by ambition and a sense of adventure, Claire and Shep Durant journey to the Andaman Islands, a remote part of colonial India, in1936. They dive deep into their work: Claire, an anthropologist, is studying the language and customs of the Biya tribe; Shep, a surgeon, is collecting orchid specimens, hoping for significant medicinal applications. Claire's plans change when she becomes pregnant and gives birth to Ty, whose ability to speak never materializes and whose bond to Claire and Shep seems weaker than his attachment to Naila, a household employee. When the war escalates, the Andamans become a target, and the Durants prepare to evacuate-but Ty goes missing. Against her will, Claire goes on without her son and husband. The search for Ty is fraught with more danger than Shep could have ever imagined, and Claire must figure out how she can help from her new post in Calcutta. As the war churns on and hope dwindles, the entire family--biological and otherwise--will be forced to question their allegiances and obligations, and to determine what place is, for them, truly home." - Margo Littell, The Seattle ReviewReviewSelected for:Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction of 2020 New York Post's Best Books of the Week Good Housekeeping's 20 Best Books of 2020 to Add to Your Reading List ASAP Brit+Co's 12 Books That Will Take You on a Literary Vacation Travel & Leisure's 20 New Books to Gift This Mother's Day Parade's 30 Best Beach Reads of 2020"A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more, this latest from best-selling author Liu is a fascinating, irresistible marvel." -Library Journal, starred review"This fascinating novel examines the many dimensions of war, from the tragedy of loss to the unexpected relationships formed during conflict. The Andamans are a lush and unusual setting, a sacred home to all kinds of cultures and people, and Liu's prose is masterful. A good choice for book groups and for readers who are unafraid to be swept away." - Booklist, starred review"Liu upends the clichés of the white savior narrative." - Publishers Weekly"A testament to the lengths we will go for the ones we love." - Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, author of Shadow Child and Hiroshima in the Morning"Reminiscent of the tone and atmosphere of Somerset Maugham and George Orwell's Asia-set novels, Glorious Boy is a Second World War story of adventure and loss, uniquely set in the Andaman Islands, one of India's farthest flung territories" - Asian Review of Books"So blisteringly alive you feel the swampy heat and the bugs, so emotionally true, it grips at every page. Just magnificent and not to be missed." - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of With or Without You"The heart of this book is what it means to be a mother... How do we learn what isn't instinct? How do we protect ourselves and others from our own best intentions? With a generous and exacting eye, Liu explores these questions and more, and we, lucky readers, get to go along on the ride." - Karen Shepard, author of Kiss Me Someone"A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more, this latest from best-selling author Liu is a fascinating, irresistible marvel." - Smithsonian BookDragon"Channeling some past classics also skeptical of the colonial enterprise, Glorious Boy stands out from the c
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