Historical books from Singapore
Recommended historical books (3)
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If you are into historical here are some historical books from Singapore for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Interpreter's Daughter by Teresa Lim EN
Description:
A photograph passed down through generations inspires this beautifully written, compelling memoir of one Singapore family and the secrets that defined their story A cherished family photograph, taken in Hong Kong, 1935, sets Teresa Lim on a journey to uncover her family history. Through detective work, serendipity, and the kindness of strangers she was guided to the fascinating, ordinary, extraordinary life of her great-aunt Fanny, and her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands and the working-class feminists of 19th century south China. But to recover her great-aunt's past, we must first ge... continue
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The Kingdom of Women : Life, Love and Death in China's Hidden Mountains by Choo WaiHong EN
Description:
Discover the kingdom where women rule. A truly fascinating account of one of the world's last matrilineal societies, told through the eyes of a woman who left her corporate life in Hong Kong to discover more about their culture.
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The Punkhawala and the Prostitute by Wesley Leon Aroozoo EN
Description:
Behind the golden façade of a land filled with opportunities dwell two destitute souls, shipped to Singapore in the late 1800s. Oseki, an ingenue forced into prostitution as a karayuki, grapples with being betrayed by her own father and transforms into a monster she can’t recognise. Gobind, a deaf convict from India, serves his sentence as a punkhawala to a British hunter obsessed with killing Rimau Satan, a man-eating tiger of mythic proportions. Whenever Gobind hunts with his master, his butchered memories lurk in the darkness, aching to pounce. When Oseki’s and Gobind’s paths intertwine, th... continue