The Australian FiancéNew release of novel first published 2000, winner of the David T K Wong Fellowship (UK) 2000 and shortlisted for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. In 1949 a young Eurasian woman who survived the Japanese occupation of Singapore meets the son of a privileged Australian family and accompanies him to Broome. Captivated by this life and his photography, she comes to see herself anew, but is the image true? Themes of the novel are the aftermath of war, prejudice and alienation. Author was born in Singapore and lives in Fremantle, Western Australia. Previous works include 'The World Waiting to be Born'. |
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afternoon antimacassars Australian fiancé bay of whispers birds blue body body of war box brownie breath child Chinese close clouds colour dark death distance dolls door dream dress dust edge Elsewhere Emporium everything eyes face fake hair father feel FIANCÉ's Twin-Lens Camera fingers garden gaze godowns hair hand handbag handsome Australian hear hope horizon horizon-blue boat housemaid hunger inside Jane Mansfield jetty Ken Rasmussen knot land of forgetting laughs light looks morning mother mouth murmurs nasi lemak neck never night pale parents pauses pearls photographs pink Pontianak pulls Raffles Hotel rises sampan satay says shadows shophouse sighs Singapore sitting skin smell smile someone spinifex stand taxi tell thin things turns Twin-Lens Camera Companion uncle verandah waiting walks watches Weet-Bix window wrapped yellow bed young Eurasian woman young woman