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In this unstilted, unsentimental portrait of his grandfather, Beng Khay, the author evokes the sense of a world teetering on personal struggles at every turn, a world totally blanched by loneliness, and where such circumstances combine to force values and ways of thinking that today seem as curious as the queues that men wore. This is a saga of a man who came to early Singapore to forge a meaningful life for himself and his family.
Additional Details
- Title
- China roots / Mark Tan
- Creators
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- Tan, Mark, 1947-
- Subject
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- Immigrants--Singapore
- Chinese--Singapore
- Publisher
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- Flame of the Forest,
- National Library Board Singapore,
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 188 p.
- Table of Contents
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- Author's note -- The beginning of the search -- pt.1. 1 Scrabbling among the roots. 2 Death in the house. 3 Amoy. 4 Winds of change. 5 Nanyang is Nanyang. 6 Sing Chew. 7 Sinkeh. 8 Alone against the world. 9 Marriage. 10 Poh Kway. 11 Growing family. 12 Immigrants. 13 Prosperity -- pt 2. 1 The 'Knock-Stones Place'. 2 Breaking away. 3 Kim Lian. 4 The 'number two' son. 5 A Failed marriage. 6 The third son.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.