The Light Between Us by Elaine Chiew Hardcover Book

Description: The Light Between Us by Elaine Chiew The Light Between Us is a Southeast Asian historical romance that defies time and space as an archivist explores her citys tumultuous past through a supernatural connection. Inspired by her research into cultural archives, Elaine Chiew weaves Chinese mythology and early 20th century colonial Singapore into this speculative epic. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Time Travelers WifemeetsCrazy Rich Asiansin this speculative romance set against Singapores tumultuous past. Immersed in Southeast Asian history, time-travel, and an impossible love story,The Light Between Usis perfect for readers of literary historical fiction and modern romantasy alike.At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer. Through a mysterious digital folder at her end and photographic plates at his, they begin a conversation that leads to a transcendental romance that spans lifetimes.In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend, Aiko, leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips. Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Weis letters are tinged by the increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?Inspired by her research into Singaporean historical archives, Elaine Chiew weaves Chinese mythology and early 20th century colonial Singapore into this speculative epic. Author Biography Elaine Chiewis the author ofThe Heartsick Diaspora(recommended inThe Guardian,The Singapore StraitsTimes,BookRiot, and Esquire SG) and compiler/editorofCooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World.Her stories have won prizes, notably twice in the BridportInternational Short Story Prize, and been anthologised in theU.S., U.K. and Asia, with BBC Radio 4, and inThe Best AsianShort Stories 2021.She mentors, teaches creative writing ad hoc, writes freelanceand has worked as an independent researcher in the visualarts. She has an M.A. in Asian Art History from GoldsmithsLondon. In a former career, she was a U.S. trained attorney witha degree from Stanford and worked in New York, London, andHong Kong.Elaine lives in London, UK. Review "a love story, a meditation on photography, an elegant historical fiction, and a gripping tale that enchanted me to the very last page."—MELISSA FU, author of Peach Blossom Spring"Interrogating the honesty and possibility of photographs, Chiew masterfully entangles a love transcending time and space with speculative finesse. Like the letters within the novel, these pages manifest the past and present—not just mere words, not mere image but a sensory cornucopia that one can step inside to interrogate heart and truth, colonial past as well as the ghosts of colonialism that remain in the same streets and buildings, which now carry different names. A genre-defying, labyrinthine, and luscious novel that pulls no philosophical punches as it dares to thrill."—Sequoia Nagamatsu, author of How High We Go in the Dark"The Light Between Us is an intricate, richly layered and meticulously researched historical detective story set in pre-WWII Singapore. Its a stunningly ambitious novel, blending fictional characters and events with historical figures and factual landmarks. Simultaneously lush and ghostly, Chiews writing is visually attentive and alert to power structures governing not only the colonial era but our modern age. The cultural and sexual oppression of women is one of the novels concerns and enquiries. Chiews skill and enthusiasm as both a food writer and a visual researcher/cultural critic are evident – in The Light Between Us an entertainingly entangled plot and sympathetic characters allow readers lively and populated access to her insights."—Hannah Vincent, award-winning playwright and author of The Weaning"This is an engrossing tale of bittersweet love and longing simultaneously straddling two eras in Singapore: a young archivist and her adoptive brother in the present-day city and a photographer in colonial times. The separate worlds of Cantonese photographers and Japanese soldiers orbit over the Internet when the photographer mysteriously appears on the archivists computer screen, luring her into a celestial realm in her basement office. Told through archived photographs, Chiew immerses the reader in old Singapore and the harrowing years of the Japanese Occupation while moving seamlessly into the lives of a wealthy family led by a devious matriarch. Meticulously researched and richly crafted, The Light Between Us dances elegantly between truths and lies, promises and threats, and between a sweet dream and harsh reality."—Mahita Vas, author of Rain Tree Promotional The Light Between Us is a Southeast Asian historical romance that defies time and space as an archivist explores her citys tumultuous past through a supernatural connection. Details ISBN1915584779 Author Elaine Chiew Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781915584779 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-05-16 Imprint Neem Tree Press Limited Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781915584670 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-05-16 Replaces 9781915584199 ISBN-10 1915584779 AU Release Date 2025-01-01 Pages 336 Illustrations Illustrations Publisher Unbound DEWEY 823.92 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161472914;

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