by Suyin Han · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780586037805
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Set in 1948, this novel tells the story of Suyin, a young Chinese girl in Malaya, during the Malayan Emergency. Suyin falls in love with a British police officer, but sympathizes with the Communist guerrillas and is critical of the British colonials. The novel explores the complexities of love, war, and identity in a colonial context.
Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou was a Chinese-born Eurasian physician and author better known by her pen name Han Suyin. She wrote in English and French on modern China, set her novels in East and Southeast Asia, and published autobiographical memoirs which covered the span of modern China. These writings gained her a reputation as an ardent and articulate supporter of the Chinese Communist Revolution. She lived in Lausanne, Switzerland, for many years until her death.
