{"product_id":"the-great-reclamation","title":"The Great Reclamation","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the New American Voices Award 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/em\u003e, Kirkus, Electric Literature and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookpage\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAh Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time they are teens, Ah Boon and Siok Mei are caught in the tragic sweep of history: the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, grief intrudes, and the future of the fishing village is in jeopardy. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn aching love story and powerful coming-of-age that reckons with the legacy of British colonialism, the World War II Japanese occupation, and the pursuit of modernity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Reclamation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econfronts the wounds of progress, the sacrifices of love, and the difficulty of defining home when nature and nation collide, literally shifting the land beneath people’s feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn and raised in Singapore,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRachel Heng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of the novel Suicide Club,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e translated into ten languages. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers and has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the National Arts Council of Singapore, among others. She is currently an assistant professor of English at Wesleyan University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49379374137603,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/the-great-reclamation-1.webp?v=1786001606","url":"https:\/\/grassrootsbookroom.com\/products\/the-great-reclamation","provider":"草根书室","version":"1.0","type":"link"}