Eating Fire and Drinking Water - Couverture souple

Chai, Arlene J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0449911438 ISBN 13 : 9780449911433

Editeur : Fawcett Books, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Chai Arlene J

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"I was someone hungry for stories; more specifically, I was someone who craved after facts. I was, you see, a person with no history. Lacking this, I developed a curiosity about other's people's stories. . . ."

Clara Perez is a reporter on a small South seas island. An orphan raised by nuns, she is a young woman with origins shrouded in mystery. Full of idealistic ambition, she grows tired of the trivial assignments she's given at the daily paper, yearning to write articles of substance. So when the tiny street of Calle de Leon bursts into flames after a student demonstration--and a soldier kills an unarmed man--Clara seizes the chance to cover the explosive story.

Yet after Clara rushes to the burning street to investigate the tragedy, she discovers another, more personal one involving some remarkable truths about her unknown past--ghosts, she realizes, which have been silently pursuing her all her life. And as family secrets begin to unfold, Clara's missing history slowly spreads itself out on the tumultuous backdrop of a country wracked by revolution. . . .

An evocative and multilayered tale, at once political and personal, Eating Fire and Drinking Water is an extraordinary work, a powerful and pulsing novel of politics and commitment, loyalty and love, and the poignant search for truth.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Biographie de l'auteur

Arlene J. Chai was born and educated in Manila. In 1982, she migrated to Sydney with her parents and sisters. After more years as an advertising copywriter than she cares to mention, she had a year off during which she wrote her first book, The Last Time I Saw Mother.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fawcett Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0449911438
• ISBN 13: 9780449911433
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible