Rachel Heng je singapurská autorka, ktorej dielo sa ponára do zložitosti ľudskej existencie. Jej štýl sa vyznačuje prenikavým pohľadom na témy ako identita, pamäť a etické dilemy. Heng skúma hlboké otázky, ktoré rezonujú v modernom svete, a núti čitateľov zamyslieť sa nad vlastnými hodnotami. Jej próza je zručná a pútavá, čo z nej robí významný hlas v súčasnej literatúre.
New York, neďaleká budúcnosť. Veda pokročila do takej miery, že nesmrteľnosť je doslova na dosah – treba si ju však zaslúžiť dodržiavaním prísnych pravidiel a príkladnou životosprávou. Vzorní adepti na nesmrteľnosť sa označujú liferi, čiže životaschopní: pravidelne cvičia, pijú zeleninové šťavy, chodia včas spať a zdravo sa stravujú. Nie je však takýto dokonalý život len prázdna ilúzia? Takto uvažuje Klub samovrahov, skupina liferov odpadlíkov, ktorí chcú žiť skutočný život aj za cenu smrteľnosti...
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boy's unique
gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community
and country
'An extraordinary achievement . . . Every page pulses with mud and magic'
Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'A monumental epic . . . I
was spellbound' Nathan Harris, author of The Sweetness of Water'Ah Boon's
story will stay with me for a long time' Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets
We Kept'Alive to the beauty and mystery of the natural world as well as the
human heart' Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good MothersThey would
look back and ask themselves, what was the moment that changed everything?
Could she blame him? Could he blame her?Ah Boon is born into a fishing village
amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore, in the waning
years of British rule. As he grows up, alongside Siok Mei, the spirited girl
he has fallen in love with, he finds himself caught in the tragic sweep of
Singapore's history. When the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, and
their small nation hurtles towards rebirth, the two friends must decide who
they want to become - and what they are willing to give up.A powerful coming-
of-age of both a young boy and a country, The Great Reclamation asks what
might happen when the love between two children complicates the fate of an
entire community and country, literally shifting the land beneath people's
feet.
