Karina Robles Bahrin

The Accidental Malay (Epigram Books Fiction Prize Winners, #7) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

--Winner of the 2022 Epigram Books Fiction Prize--

Jasmine Leong wants to be the next CEO of Phoenix, her family's billion-ringgit company known especially for its bak kwa. But when Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim, her newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions. Set in Kuala Lumpur and other areas of Malaysia, The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country's racial policies, and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Epigram Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789814984683
• Artikelnr.: 66231273

Autorenporträt

Karina Robles Bahrin got her first break as a writer when she guest edited a weekly teen column in The New Straits Times a very long time ago. Her short fiction has been published in venues such as Urban Odysseys: KL Stories, KL Noir: Blue, A Subtle Degree of Restraint & Other Stories and Malaysian Tales: Retold & Remixed. She is a former columnist with The Heat , a weekly by Focus Malaysia. She currently lives and works on the island of Langkawi where she runs a hotel, restaurant, farm and community initiative promoting storytelling among the island's youth and children. The Accidental Malay is her first novel.