Kalimantaan
$74.84
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
1 September 1999
Summary
KALIMANTAAN - the old name for Borneo - is an epic novel about the founding of a small empire by an extraordinary man and a handful of his followers. It is also a beautifully written story about love surviving in the most hostile of circumstances.
It is 1850 and a young Englishman, Gideon Barr, arrives in Borneo; within 10 years he has conquered an area the size of England and Wales, ruling through armies of tribal head-hunters. This is the story of Victorian social values superimpose…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349110691 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349110697 |
| Author: | C.S. Godshalk |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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Like being taken to a magical unknown planet, yet suddenly realizing it all takes place on this globe in mysterious Borneo and Sarawak: a beautifully written, elegant and rich dream’
‘Like being taken to a magical unknown planet, yet suddenly realizing it all takes place on this globe in mysterious Borneo and Sarawak: a beautifully written, elegant and rich dream” - John Fowles
‘Breathtaking a plot summary can’t hope to do justice to the richness and complexity of this extraordinary novel it is a mesmerising story, beautifully told’ - OBSERVERAbout The Author
C.S. Godshalk
Chris Godshalk lived in Singapore for ten years. The novel contains everything that she absorbed from her life there.
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