The Jacaranda Tree  -  H.E. Bates

KORTE INHOUD

During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice-mill, organises the evacuation and 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. Inevitably, as the journey continues, bitterness, tension and insoluble conflict unfold...Inspired by Bates' period of service i...
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1977 Uitgever: Penguin Classics 256 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140010343 ISBN-13: 9780140010343