The Jacaranda Tree
Registered by laura0141 of Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on 9/19/2006
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
The Back of the Book
His masterly account of a cruel flight from invasion.
Paterson, manager of a small rice-mill, organizes the evacuation of a small English community when Japanese forces invade Burma.
Paterson takes with him his Burmese mistress and her young brother. The rest of the party take along their prejudices, their pettiness and their squabbles, and a small enclave of English insularity moves north through Burma.
Swiftly and inevitably the journey becomes a tragic working out of tension and insoluble conflict.
Offered as BookRing.
His masterly account of a cruel flight from invasion.
Paterson, manager of a small rice-mill, organizes the evacuation of a small English community when Japanese forces invade Burma.
Paterson takes with him his Burmese mistress and her young brother. The rest of the party take along their prejudices, their pettiness and their squabbles, and a small enclave of English insularity moves north through Burma.
Swiftly and inevitably the journey becomes a tragic working out of tension and insoluble conflict.
Offered as BookRing.
BookRing:
tagesmann - UK - Intl
azuki - US - Intl
laura0141 - UK - ENDS
tagesmann - UK - Intl
azuki - US - Intl
laura0141 - UK - ENDS
PMed tagesmann for addy
PMed tagesmann for addy
On way to tagesmann
Received today.
Bookrings are a bit like buses; you wait forages and then three arrive all at once.
This is the third, but it shouldn't take me too long to get to.
Bookrings are a bit like buses; you wait forages and then three arrive all at once.
This is the third, but it shouldn't take me too long to get to.
I've only read one other novel by HE Bates before this (Fair Stood The Winds For France) and as I enjoyed that so much I thought I would give this a try. A slow start (I thought) but then moved on a pace. A very simple story, well-told. Very good.
Posted to azuki.
Posted to azuki.
Thanks book is with me now! Look forward to a good read. I have a few rings ahead of this but will do my best to get it out soon.
The storyteller is quite accomplished in describing the range of emotions and thoughts haboured by each character. Though it tells of an event that spans only a few days, it provided an excellent snapshot of what the country and period was like.
Unfortunately the book got a bit damaged when I had it in my backpack while I was cycling to a park and got rained on. However, it miraculously dried out to be fine with no wrinkled pages. I will mail it back to Laura soon. Thanks for sharing the book.
Unfortunately the book got a bit damaged when I had it in my backpack while I was cycling to a park and got rained on. However, it miraculously dried out to be fine with no wrinkled pages. I will mail it back to Laura soon. Thanks for sharing the book.
Journal Entry 10 by laura0141 from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Received with special thanks for the beautiful slippers!
Will be released.
Will be released.
Journal Entry 11 by laura0141 at Centre for Women's Health Ex-OBCZ in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (10/2/2007 UTC) at Centre for Women's Health Ex-OBCZ in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom
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