Evening is the whole day / Preeta Samarasan.
By: Samarasan, Preeta
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Publisher: London : Fourth Estate, 2008Description: 340 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780007280421 (pbk.); 0007280424 (pbk.); 9780007271887.Subject(s): East Indians -- Malaysia -- Fiction | Immigrants -- Malaysia -- Fiction | Upper class families -- Fiction | Malaysia -- FictionDDC classification: 813.6 Summary: When the family's servant girl, Chellam, is dismissed from the big house for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of losses that have shaken six-year old Aasha's life. Her grandmother has passed away under mysterious circumstnaces and her older sister has disappeared for a new life abroad, with no plans to return. Her parents, meanwhile, seem to be hiding something away - from themselves, and from one another. As the novel tells us the story of the years leading up to these events, we learn what has happened to the hopes and dreams of a family caught up in Malaysia's trobled post-colonial history.
| Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TC |
Floor 4, Shelf 40 , Side 1, TierNo 7, BayNo 6 |
813.6 SAM 2008 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENxx,GENxx,05,GR,MAL | 5000074516 | |
| Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TC |
Floor 4, Shelf 40 , Side 1, TierNo 7, BayNo 6 |
813.6 SAM 2008 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENSH,GENSH,05,GR,MAL | 5000050021 |
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When the family's servant girl, Chellam, is dismissed from the big house for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of losses that have shaken six-year old Aasha's life. Her grandmother has passed away under mysterious circumstnaces and her older sister has disappeared for a new life abroad, with no plans to return. Her parents, meanwhile, seem to be hiding something away - from themselves, and from one another. As the novel tells us the story of the years leading up to these events, we learn what has happened to the hopes and dreams of a family caught up in Malaysia's trobled post-colonial history.