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Jacaranda Tree by H. E. Bates (2006, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMethuen Publishing The Limited

ISBN-100413775992

ISBN-139780413775993

eBay Product ID (ePID)209834158

Product Key Features

Book TitleJacaranda Tree

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicGeneral, Literary, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorH. E. Bates

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal823/.912

SynopsisThis is a reissue of Bates's acclaimed novel of Burma. 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 in the Eastern theatre of war, The Jacaranda Tree skillfully evokes the atmosphere of Burma during the chaos of invasion. Reissued by Methuen along with The Jacaranda Tree and The Purple Plain and to coincide with the republication in one volume of Bates's acclaimed autobiographies - The Vanished World , The Blossoming World and World in Ripeness ., This is H. E. Bates's acclaimed novel about Burma. During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice mill, organizes 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's period of service in the Eastern theater of war, The Jacaranda Tree skillfully evokes the atmosphere in Burma during the chaos of invasion.

LC Classification NumberPR6003.A965