The Pagoda
(Sprache: Englisch)
Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But the past confronts Lowe in everything he does, and so his history reveals itself-the tale of his...
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Mr. Lowe lives the simple and happy life of a shopkeeper. A Chinese immigrant to Jamaica in the 1890s, Lowe revels in the lush beauty of his adoptive land. But the past confronts Lowe in everything he does, and so his history reveals itself-the tale of his exile from China, his shipboard adventures, an unwanted pregnancy and the arrangement that was made to avoid scandal. The arrangement placed Lowe in a marriage of convenience with a mysterious widow, Miss Sylvie. Lowe and Sylvie's relationship is complex, vivid, erotic, and full of secrets. Sylvie is a light-skinned black woman who, in the course of their three decades together, gives up three dark-skinned children for adoption. But Lowe's secret is much more startling, and remarkable-Lowe is actually a woman who began cross-dressing to pass as a man because it was illegal for Chinese women to emigrate. This is the story of the destruction of a far-away world: the burning of Lowe's shop and the demolition of his masks; and the creation of a dream: the building of a pagoda where culture and the past are accepted and acceptable.Autoren-Porträt von Patricia Powell
Patricia Powell wurde 1966 auf Jamaica geboren, wo sie bis 1982 lebte. Danach emigrierte sie in die USA, wo sie Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft studierte. Heute ist sie Dozentin für Creative Writing in Cambridge und in Boston. Neben zahlreichen Kurzgeschichten und Essays hat sie mittlerweile drei Romane veröffentlicht.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patricia Powell
- 1999, 256 Seiten, Maße: 20,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Elsevier Books
- ISBN-10: 0156008297
- ISBN-13: 9780156008297
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Englisch
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