Sauce of Life

von Tan Kheng Yeang

228 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Lai Pek is a self-made man and proudof it. He has reached middle age asuccessful businessman and patriarchof a thriving family. His outlook on lifeis smug, self-satisfi ed and complacent.But no one goes through life unscathedand, like a tiger silently creepingthrough the jungle, adversity stalks LaiPek, striking swiftly.Faced with a formidable business rival,a horrifying tragedy at his rubberplantation and a shocking crime thatthreatens the lives of those dear to him,Lai Pek must reassess his values anddraw on an inner strength that he maynot possess if he is to survive the crisesthat life has thrown at him.Set in a small town in peninsularMalaya in the 1930's, the story takesplace against the colourful backdropof the lives and customs of theChinese denizens and the inexorableencroachment of modern ideas andinfl uences on their long-held valuesand ways of life.

• Themen: Belletristik Generationenromane, Familiensagas
• ISBN: 9781426974021
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2012
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Trafford Publishing