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Fragrant Harbour

Fragrant Harbour

John Lanchester

This is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span 70 years in Asia. The complacency of colonial life in the 1930s; the horrors of the Japanese occupation during World War II; and the post-war boom and transformation of Hong Kong all surface in this epic novel.
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Fragrant Harbouris the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England just before it is hit by the Great Depression to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong Kong's best hotel. Sister Maria is a beautiful and uncompromising Chinese nun whom Stewart meets on the boat out from England;their friendship spans decades and changes both their lives. Dawn Stone is an English journalist who becomes the public face of money and power and big business. Matthew Ho is a young Chinese entrepreneur whose life has been shaped by painful choices made long before his birth, and who is now facing his own difficulties, and opportunities, in the twenty-first century.The novel's shape and scale, its emotional power and beauty, make it John Lancaster's finest book to date.

Product Description

Title - Fragrant Harbour

Edition -

Author - John Lanchester

ISBN 13 - 9780571201761

Imprint - Faber & Faber

Publisher - Faber & Faber

Date Published - 08/07/2002

Prize -

No. of pages - 320

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - x x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English