by Rani Manicka · Wahlström & Widstrand · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9789146211853
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«Rismodern» is the historical and family novel by Rani Manicka, published by Wahlström & Widstrand in paperback (518 pages, in Swedish).
The saga follows Lakshmi, a teenager from Ceylon who travels to Malaysia to marry a wealthy man. Several generations of her family are marked by the Japanese occupation, violence and secrets; a granddaughter tries to unravel that past in a story with magical realism.
Original title: «The Rice Mother». Translation by Ulf Gyllenhak. Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2003 for best first novel in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
A read for those who enjoy historical family sagas, magical realism and narratives set in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
Rani Manicka is a Malaysian-born novelist, who divides her time between Malaysia and the United Kingdom.
