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Breaking the Tongue: A Novel [Audiobook] download free by Vyvyane Loh

Breaking the Tongue: A Novel Audiobook download free by Vyvyane Loh
  • Listen audiobook: Breaking the Tongue: A Novel
  • Author: Vyvyane Loh
  • Release date: 2005/1/18
  • Publisher: WW NORTON & CO
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
  • ISBN: 9780393326543
  • Rating: 8.29 of 10
  • Votes: 793
  • Review by: Veronica Machado
  • Review rating: 7.02 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/10/11
  • Duration: 5H16M22S in 256 kbps (83.2 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-09
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, AC3, WMA, WAV, WMA Lossless, MPEG-4 SLS, MP3, MPEG4 (compression RAR, DEB, ZIP, Z)
  • Total pages original book: 416
  • Includes a PDF summary of 47 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 35M56S (9.4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: 'This masterly novel is not only bold and challenging but also beautifully written. The reader will be left breathless by the ending.'-Library Journal 'A moving accomplishment.'-Publishers Weekly, starred review 'Vyvyane Loh's richly ambitious narrative weaves the personal and the political into an unforgettable novel.'-Claire Messud 'In the tradition of Rushdie or Ondaatje, this is one of the most accomplished first novels I've ever seen.'-Andrea Barrett 'A revelatory book that is both novel and history, written with splendid and intelligent humanity.'-Shirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire This brilliant novel chronicles the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II. Central to the story is one Chinese family: Claude, raised to be more British than the British and ashamed of his own heritage; his father, Humphrey, whose Anglophilia blinds him to possible defeat and his wife's dalliances; and the redoubtable Grandma Siok, whose sage advice falls on deaf ears. Expatriates, spies, fifth columnists, and nationalists-including the elusive young woman Ling-Li-mingle in this exotic culture as the Japanese threat looms. Beset by the horror of war and betrayal and, finally, torture, Claude must embrace his true heritage. In the extraordinary final paragraphs of the novel, the language itself breaks into Chinese. With penetrating observation, Vyvyane Loh unfolds the coming-of-age story of a young man and a nation, a story that deals with myth, race, and class, with the ways language shapes perceptions, and with the intrigue and suffering of war. Reading group guide included.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry & Drama
  • Download servers: Torrent, Volafile, FreakShare, Microsoft OneDrive, 4Shared, Degoo, MEGA. Compressed in RAR, DEB, ZIP, Z
  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 26.99 USD
  • Dimensions: 140x208x25mm
  • Weight: 440g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, United States

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