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A Different Sky (Record no. 255974)

MARC details
000 -Encabezamiento
fixed length control field	02466nam a2200229 a 4500
001 - Número de Control
control field	053011
005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación
control field	20231009193016.0
008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General
fixed length control field	120112s2011 xx 000 0 eng
010 ## - Número de Control de Biblioteca del Congreso USA
Número de la Bibliografía nacional	2011500096
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN	9780099546245
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code	pcc
082 ## - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey
No. de Clasificación	FIC CHA
100 0# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal
Nombre Personal	Chand, Meira
245 02 - TÍTULO
Título del material	A Different Sky
260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta)
Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc.	: Vintage Uk
Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc.	, 2011
300 ## - Descripción Física
Extensión	488p.
Dimensiones	; 20cm.
520 ## - Resumen, etc.
Nota de resumen, etc.	Chand (A Far Horizon) proves herself a master of the modern Asian epic in this tale of Singapore citizens whose lives intersect from 1927 to 1956 as the island strains under British colonial rule, suffers through Japanese occupation, and struggles to turn its racially mixed, socially divided, politically turbulent society into a viable independent state. The novel begins with the Kreta Ayer riot, witnessed from a trolley by, among others, Howard Burns, a young, grumpy Eurasian boy; a well-off and pampered Chinese girl, Mei Lan; and a hardworking, kindhearted Indian immigrant, Raj Sherma. Protected from the mounting turmoil, Howard and Mei Lin grow up and grow together, hoping to dismantle the social barriers between them, but WWII forces them apart. Howard takes uneasy refuge with Communist guerrillas, a kinder fate than befalls Mei Lan, who is captured and brutalized by the Japanese. Readers are immersed in Howard's ordeal as well as that of his mother, whose house has been commandeered by the Japanese, and his sister, a nurse whose English husband is marched off to a POW camp. As Mei Lan is tortured, her once wealthy Chinese family must make a difficult adjustment in order to survive the Japanese occupation. And Raj enjoys successes in business as his sister's marriage to his close friend seems destined to fail. After the war, Howard's, Mei Lan's, and Raj's paths converge again as they deal with new difficulties and old injustices. Chand endows her characters with humanity and complexity, making them representative without being stereotypes. She avoids cliches by grounding her characters and their histories in solid research, and offers a credible, compelling panorama of the tragedy and resilience, culture and individuality, political evolution, dissolution, and renaissance of 20th-century Singapore.
650 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos
Tópico o nombre Geográfico	World War, 1939-1945
Subdivisión general	--Social aspects
Subdivisión Geográfica	--Singapore
Subdivisión de forma	--Fiction
651 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre Geográficos
Nombre Geográfico	Singapore
Subdivisión cronológica	--History
Subdivisión de forma	--Fiction
651 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre Geográficos
Nombre Geográfico	Singapore
Subdivisión general	--History
Subdivisión cronológica	--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Subdivisión de forma	--Fiction
942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL
Tipo de Material	Libro - Monografía

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				General	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Sala Ingles	09/10/2023		FIC CHA	053011	09/10/2023	09/10/2023	Fiction / Ficción