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Susan BarkerLiterary Fiction · Fiction
The Orientalist and the Ghost
In 1939, a young British orientalist travels to colonial Malaya, where he falls in love with a local woman. Decades later, their granddaughter, a mixed-race woman living in London, grapples with her family's complicated past and her own sense of identity. This story spans generations, exploring themes of heritage, belonging, and the echoes of history within a family.