The Devil's Garden: Love and war in Singapore under the Japanese flag by Nigel Barley

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Author: Nigel Barley
Category: General Novel
ISBN: 978-981-435-843-9
Publisher: Monsoon Books
File Size: 0.90 MB
Format: EPUB (e-book)
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Synopsis

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, The Devil’s Garden 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. Love and war in Singapore under the Japanese flag.

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