The devil's garden
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Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139789814358422
- ISBN-139789814358439
- ISBN-109814358428
- ISBN-109814358436
- Library of Congress Control Number2011315710
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number742334469
- Better World Books9789814358439
- Better World Books9789814358422
- Open LibraryOL25152147M
Classifications
- LCCMLCS 2011/01781 (P)
- LCCPR6102
Alternate Titles
- Love and war in Singapore under the Japanese flag
Description
Gardens are magical places -- images of Nature and Culture, models of paradise, spaces where plants live in war and peace, co-operation and competition. It is 1942 and Singapore is Syonanto, part of the Japanese Empire, where violence and starvation stalk the streets but in the Singapore Botanic Gardens a bizarre tranquillity reigns between warring nations and even love awakes as old identities melt away in the heady atmosphere of the Orchid House. From its unique perspective and with a mixture of humour and romance, this book pictures a formative moment in the emergence of Singapore, where loyalties are less secure than those of the official histories and truth is anything but simple.
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