Aimee E. Liu

Glorious Boy (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"An absolutely gorgeous historical novel... set against the backdrop of a tribe in the Andamans struggling with British rule... Just magnificent." -Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You One of Booklist 's Top Ten Historical Fiction Books of 2020 Glorious Boy is a tale of war and devotion, longing and loss, and the power of love to prevail. Set in India's remote Andaman Islands before and during WWII, the story revolves around a mysteriously mute four-year-old who vanishes on the eve of the Japanese occupation. Little Ty's parents, Shep and Claire, will go to any lengths to rescue him, but neither is prepared for the brutal and soul-changing odyssey that awaits them. "A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more... a fascinating, irresistible marvel." - Library Journal (starred review) "The most memorable and original novel I've read in ages... evokes every side in a multi-cultural conversation with sympathy and rare understanding." -Pico Iyer, author of Autumn Light Shortlisted for the Staunch Book Prize New York Post 's Best Books of the Week Good Housekeeping 's 20 Best Books of 2020 Parade 's 30 Best Beach Reads of 2020

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Red Hen Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597098472
• Artikelnr.: 59248043

Autorenporträt

Aimee Liu is the bestselling author of the novels Flash House, Cloud Mountain, and Face and the memoirs Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders and Solitaire. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, published as a Literary Guild Super Release, and serialized in Good Housekeeping. She's received a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, a Bosque Fiction Prize, and special mention by the Pushcart Prize. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, and many other periodicals and anthologies. A past president of the national literary organization PEN Center USA, she holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and is on the faculty of Goddard College's MFA in Creative Writing Program at Port Townsend, WA. She lives in Los Angeles. More at aimeeliu.net