Birney, Alfred

The Interpreter from Java

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ISBN 13:
9781788544344
author:
Birney, Alfred
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Apollo
language:
English
Publication Year:
2021
Pages:
542
Dimensions:
19.8 x 12.9 centimeters (0.34 kg
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, General, ,
Condition:
New
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£10.95

Description

Alan Noland discovers his father's memoirs and uncovers a shocking family history. As he reads through the pages, he learns about his father's work as an interpreter during the war with Japan, his life as an assassin, and his decision to murder Indonesians in the service of the Dutch without conscience. This unsparing account of war and its effects on individuals is both raw and lyrical. The author exposes a crucial chapter in Dutch and European history that was deliberately concealed behind the ideological facade of postwar optimism. As Alan begins to understand how war transformed his father, he starts to see his own family's past in a new light. A powerful and thought-provoking novel, The Interpreter From Java will stay with readers long after they finish reading it.

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