- Paperback: 269 pages
- Publisher: PublishAmerica; First Edition edition (6 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1413763952
- ISBN-13: 978-1413763959
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,312,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aching With Authenticity,
By Caroline Standish (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shadows Across the Sun (Paperback)
When English is not an author's first language, it can give a book an exotic, 'different' flavour that is the result of the writer having to think long and hard about the right word for the job. Rather than use the first that spring to mind, Josephine Chia's words are a deliberate choice. She has spent time sifting her mental dictionary, resulting in muscular, almost chewy sentences which, when used to describe her native Singapore, bring it to life with more focus and vivid colour than an English-born travel writer might have achieved.This is literary fiction which aches with authenticity. The central character is a fifty-something women returning to the land of her birth following the death of her British husband. In doing so, she is reunited with Peter, the son she left behind when her first marriage broke up. The reunion isn't easy, and making the acquaintance of her small grandson, who is about the same age as Peter was when she left Singapore, awakens disturbing memories and leads to a confusion between past and present that culminates in a denouement that, though shattering, is almost inevitable. Chia is a born writer whose insights inspire and vitalise her characters. Despite the minor irritation caused by poor proofreading, I found this book gripping, moving and thought-provoking and I would like to see Chia up there, ranking with the best and winning major literary prizes.
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