Word: revolutionism
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During a Hong Kong summer in the late 1960s, there are reports of bombs exploding in the streets, rumors of dead bodies floating "down the Pearl River, from the fighting in Canton," and the buzz of an increasing onslaught from the "Red" East: "Little Red Books of Mao Zedong's...
The novel, narrated by a much solder Kate, unfolds through impressionistic episodes marked by wonder at exotic sights and sounds, from the "laundry strung on bamboo poles" and "rattan birdcages" to the smells of "dried oysters, clove hair oil, joss, [and] tiger balm" in the streets of Hong Kong. But...
Against a backdrop of cultural upheaval, the sisters' own personal and sexual lives come into focus. Kate becomes repelled by her sister's flirtatious way with older men though she learns herself just how easy it is to seduce a male companion. Little else is easy in these interesting times...
Style Watch: Rattan Revolution
Panama was a province of Colombia when Theodore Roosevelt took up the idea of building a canal after a failed attempt by France. When the Colombian government rejected a new treaty allowing the U.S. to build a canal, Roosevelt became enraged. Soon after, a group of Panamanian separatist leaders declared...