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Breaking the Tongue
Breaking the Tongue
Author: Vyvyane Loh
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 Sio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393326543
ISBN-10: 0393326543
Publication Date: 2/2005
Pages: 495
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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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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