Sunbirds
Riwoe, Mirandi2024
Large Print
1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way. Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, possibly with the family's daughter, Anna, but she is torn between her dreams of Holland and her desire to belong. Meanwhile the housekeeper, Diah, keenly observes the goings-on around the plantation, wondering how much to tell her freedom-fighter brother. When the Japanese forces finally arrive on Java's doorstep, they all have to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Sunbirds depicts the intricate web of identities and loyalties created by war and imperialism, and the heartbreaking compromises that so often ensue.
Main title:
Sunbirds / Mirandi Riwoe.
Author:
Riwoe, Mirandi, author
Work:
Edition:
[Large print edition]
Imprint:
[Sydney, N.S.W.] : Read How You Want, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
xiii, 329 pages (large print) : map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Regular print edition first published: St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2023.Copyright page from the original book.
ISBN:
9781038772701 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2284116