A new edition of his classic novel, set mainly in Hong Kong, and telling a complex story of family relationships.
Timothy Mo's classic account of feuding Chinese families in sixties London quickly became a best-seller when it was first published and has since won its place among the novels of the time. Filmed by Mike Newell with a screenplay by Ian McEwan, it now appears for the first time on the Paddleless list.
Over the last two decades Timothy Mo has been responsible for producing some of the best postcolonial fiction written in English. From his debut Monkey King, to two of his finest novels Sour Sweet and An Insular Possession, Mo has written with great wit and political intelligence about the postcolonial condition from his own uniquely Anglo-Asian perspective. With Renegade or Halo Mo confirms hi…
The Holy Web offers entree to the world revealed by contemporary science and the difference the new models of our life on earth make to understanding Christianity. The author shows how the church's mission is to become and to nurture a dynamic "web of relationships" in which all humanity can find itself part of a wondrous whole. Wessels offers a profound reading of biblical categories. He shows…
Buku ini memuat hanya dua jenis folklor dari berbagai jenis folklor yang ada, yakni folklor ungkapan dan cerita prosa. Folklor ungkapan lisan sering diucapkan orang pada upacara adat, atau saat berbincang-bincang, saat melakukan kritik atau nasihat kepada orang kedua atau ketiga. Isi ungkapan folklor lisan yang ditulis dalam buku ini tampak merupakan nasihat, kiasan, cerita, atau kritik tajam. …