Singapore River – Robert Payne (1942)

S$84.00

Singapore River – Robert Payne (1942)

S$84.00

Title: Singapore River

Author: Robert Payne

Publisher: William Heinemann, 1942. Second printing.

Condition: Hardover, good. Some fading to cover and very slight fraying to spine. Inscription in pencil to ffep. Text clean, binding tight. 336pp., app 7″ by 4.5″.

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A novel about a Chinese family from Canton who decide to move to Singapore just before World War 2. The novel describes their decision to move, their experiences on the voyage, and their struggles to adapt and make a life for themselves.

About Robert Payne (from Wikipedia):

Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (4 December 1911 – 18 February 1983) was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature. From 1954 onwards he lived as a writer in New York.

A prolific author, Payne is best known for his biographies of prominent historical figures, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Hitler, Stalin, Karl Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Mahatma Gandhi, several of which were selected for Book of the Month Club. These works are praised for their readability and literary power, although not always for their historical rigour.