{"product_id":"how-we-disappeared-jing-jing-lee","title":"How We Disappeared (Jing-Jing Lee)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWalter Scott Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the HWA Debut Crown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A heartbreaking but hopeful story about memory, trauma and ultimately love.' \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful story of endurance, identity, and memory in WWII Singapore, for fans of Min Jin Lee's\u003cem\u003e Pachinko\u003c\/em\u003e and Nguyen Phan Que Mai's \u003cem\u003eThe Mountains Sing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked. Only three survivors remain, one of them a tiny child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military rape camp. In the year 2000, her mind is still haunted by her experiences there, but she has long been silent about her memories of that time. It takes twelve-year-old Kevin, and the mumbled confession he overhears from his ailing grandmother, to set in motion a journey into the unknown to discover the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving together two timelines and two life-changing secrets, \u003cem\u003eHow We Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e is an evocative, profoundly moving and utterly dazzling novel heralding the arrival of a new literary star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJing-Jing Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Singapore. She obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing from Oxford in 2011, and has since seen her poetry and short stories published in various journals and anthologies. Jing-Jing's novella, \u003cem\u003eIf I Could Tell You,\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Marshall Cavendish in 2013 and her debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eAnd Other Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Math Paper Press in 2015. \u003cem\u003eHow We Disappeared \u003c\/em\u003eis her first novel. She currently lives in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807562342749,"sku":"K080652797","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8065279700001A.jpg?v=1788481284","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/how-we-disappeared-jing-jing-lee","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}