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Robles Bahrin Karina
The Accidental Malay
The Accidental Malay
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Binding: Paperback
Description: Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize Slick sharp a joy to read Tash Aw Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix her family's billion - ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother the great Madame Leong unexpectedly passes away Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions. Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy and caught between two men who love her The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country's racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her. A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics Preeta Samarasan author of Evening Is the Whole Day
Title: The Accidental Malay
Author(s): Robles Bahrin Karina
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781035032372
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2025
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize Slick sharp a joy to read Tash Aw Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix her family's billion - ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother the great Madame Leong unexpectedly passes away Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions. Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy and caught between two men who love her The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country's racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her. A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics Preeta Samarasan author of Evening Is the Whole Day
Title: The Accidental Malay
Author(s): Robles Bahrin Karina
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781035032372
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 5/6/2025
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction