Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Auteur de Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series)
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Poetry Foundation
Œuvres de Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Among the White Moon Faces: An Asian-American Memoir of Homelands (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series) (1996) 84 exemplaires
The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology (1989) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 66 exemplaires
Asian-American Literature: An Anthology (2000) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
Tilting the Continent: Southeast Asian American Writing (2000) — Directeur de publication; Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Approaches to Teaching Kingston's the Woman Warrior (Approaches to Teaching World Literature) (1991) 8 exemplaires
Nationalism and literature : English language writing from the Philippines and Singapore 2 exemplaires
Writing S.E./Asia in English: Against the Grain, Focus on Asian English-Language Literature (Skoob Pacifica Series) (1994) 2 exemplaires
Listening to the Singer 1 exemplaire
Poems (in No Other City - PANG) 1 exemplaire
Crossing the Peninsula and Other Poems 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 919 exemplaires
Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry (1995) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1944
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Malaysia
USA - Pays (pour la carte)
- Malaysia
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Malacca, Malaysia
- Études
- University of Malaya (BA)
Brandeis University (PhD) - Professions
- English professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 388
- Popularité
- #62,338
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 54
After gaining its independence in the 1960s, Malaysia experienced conflicts among its various ethnic groups. Li An, Lim’s major character, enjoyed friends who were Chinese, Malay, and Islamic, until violence brought tragedy. Looking for safety she had drifted into a marriage with another Chinese, but she was also attracted to an American Peace Corps volunteer, who appears as the “colonizer.” His return to his own country occupies second section of the novel, which I found a diversion from the main story. The last section focuses again on Li An and the successful life she and three other women create in Singapore—a life threatened by her own past.
Lim’s novel is engaging and a revelation to a reader like myself who knew nothing of Malaya history. Lim portrays the violent ethnic divisions from the inside is one of the strengths of the book. Sympathy for the different conflicting groups creates a special tension. Lim herself grew up in Malayasia and maintains close ties there while teaching at the University of California—Santa Barbara. Her own experience in Women’s Studies adds insight in her depiction of Li An and the problems she faces. This is a good, but not a great book.
A recommend read, especially for those wanting to understand more about the global range of women’s experiences.… (plus d'informations)