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The accidental Malay
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- Book Synopsis
- Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 'Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read' - Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire 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, Karina Robles Bahrin's 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
- About The Author
- Karina Robles Bahrin got her first break as a writer when she guest edited a weekly teen column in The New Straits Times a very long time ago. Her short fiction has been published in venues such as Urban Odysseys: KL Stories, KL Noir: Blue, A Subtle Degree of Restraint & Other Stories and Malaysian Tales: Retold & Remixed. She is a former columnist with The Heat, a weekly by Focus Malaysia. She currently lives and works on the island of Langkawi where she runs a hotel, restaurant, farm and community initiative promoting storytelling among the island's youth and children. The Accidental Malay is her first novel.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781035032372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (15 August 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 298
- Weight
- 222 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 130 x 21 mm
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