Noel Barber (1909–1988)
Autore di Tanamera
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Opere di Noel Barber
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Barber, Noel
- Nome legale
- Barber, Noel
- Data di nascita
- 1909-09-09
- Data di morte
- 1988-07-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- Writer
Journalist
Warcorrespondent - Organizzazioni
- Daily Mail
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
THE WAR ROOM (2)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 1,541
- Popolarità
- #16,714
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 32
- ISBN
- 204
- Lingue
- 12
- Preferito da
- 1
As well as the central romantic narrative, the changing relations between the British and Malayan communities are obviously an ongoing theme. The Dexters are comparatively liberal and come to realise that independence is both inevitable and, ultimately, desirable. Before this all the communities in Singapore must go through the horrors of war, having until almost the last moment refused to believe that Singapore can truly be vulnerable to the Japanese. The sense of shock and dislocation is total. At the same time, despite horrific Japanese treatment of the Chinese in particular, the invaders have at the same time shown that the "yellow" man can overcome the white man. The final main sequence shows Julie and another woman being kidnapped by Communist guerrillas, including one who has a personal vendetta against Johnny. There are some quite horrifying and shocking scenes in this book, but also some beautiful descriptive passages, and a narrative drive that never flags. A great read.… (altro)