Books by Tan Twan Eng (4)
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La casa de las puertas by Tan Twan Eng ES
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1921, colonia británica de Penang, Malasia. Robert Hamlyn es un abogado acomodado, y Lesley, su esposa, una anfitriona de la alta sociedad. Sus vidas se reaniman cuando un viejo amigo de Robert llega de visita con su extrovertido secretario. Willie Somerset Maugham, pese a ser uno de los mejores escritores de su época, atraviesa una crisis creativa y personal: mantiene un matrimonio de conveniencia, su salud es frágil y acaba de perder sus ahorros en una desastrosa inversión. En Penang busca desesperado una historia que le permita salvar su carrera, y la encuentra a través de Leslie y su pasad... continue
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The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng EN
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A mesmerizing new novel of love and betrayal from the critically acclaimed author of "The Gift of Rain," which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
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The Gift of Rain : A Novel by Tan Twan Eng EN
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The recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell and has garnered comparisons to celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene. Set during the tumult of World War II, on the lush Malayan island of Penang, The Gift of Rain tells a riveting and poignant tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits. In 1939, sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton-the half-Chinese, half-English youngest child of the head of one of Penang's great trading families-feels alienated from both... continue
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The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng EN
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From the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.