Heart Of Darkness
Marlow comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading company up the Congo River in search of the tormented white ivory trader, Kurtz.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 121
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050
subjects: europeans, suffering, zaire, trading posts, degeneration, imperialism, africa, conrad, joseph, american literature, fiction, marlow (fictitious character), congo (democratic republic), europeans - africa, barter, vice, psychological fiction, psychological fiction, commerce, eugenics, electronic books, love stories, love, parables, brothers, death, malaya [X], parables, adventure fiction
The Storm We Made
"Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her younger daughter, Jasmin, hides in a basement to avoid being pressed into service at the comfort stations.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, families, women spies, mother and child, missing children, betrayal, war stories, family life, mother-child relationship, malaya [X], malaysia, historical fiction, war fiction