Opening book details…
Can I read Rice Bowl on EtoBox?
Rice Bowl by Lim, Suchen Christine is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Rice Bowl about?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; CONVENT; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; SER MEI; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; UNIVERSITY; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; JURONG; ELEVEN; TWELVE; THIRTEEN; FOURTEEN; FIFTEEN; SIXTEEN; SEVENTEEN; EIGHTEEN; NINETEEN; TWENTY; TWENTY-ONE; TWENTY-TWO; TWENTY-THREE; THE AUTHOR.;Young, passionate and idealistic, Sister Marie rejects the conformity of her first love, Paul Tan, the police inspector. She embraces the liberalism of her second love, Hans Kuhn, the American missionary, and leads a group of students to question the values of a nation gripped by fear of the government and loss of their rice bowl. They organise a protest march against the Vietnam War, which leads to a riot, detention and deportation of the workers she tries to help. Ser Mei, her student and the daughter of a prostitute, meets a tragic death.
Who reads Rice Bowl?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lim, Suchen Christine
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789812618962
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction
More by Lim, Suchen Christine
Browse all works by Lim, Suchen Christine