by Dirk Bogarde · Triad Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780586053607
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«A Gentle Occupation» is Dirk Bogarde's novel, published by Triad Books in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Set in the Dutch East Indies just after the Second World War, the story brings together an English soldier, the young mixed-race woman he loves, an ageing general and a woman determined to survive in a climate of broken loyalties, honor and betrayal. It portrays the tension of the postwar period and the end of the colonial order.
Originally published in 1980; this Triad Books edition is from 1981.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in postwar stories set in Southeast Asia.
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".
