Three interlinked stories of children experiencing displacement and finding new homes in early 20th century South-east Asia.
Set in the early first half of the 20th century, Crossings tells the stories of four young people:
Samy, Abdul and Mei Ling, Majeed, and Lily.Samy, from a peasant family in South India, is sent to work on a rubber plantation in Malaya.
Abdul Majeed, of Indian origin – and his Chinese friend Mei Ling – live in cosmopolitan Singapore,enjoying life in the streets of the city. Lily is an Anglo-Burmese girl living in Rangoon – until the Japanese invade British Burma, and Lily must flee…Their stories are interconnected through the history of a region, painting an evocative picture of wandering, migrant lives, spread across the Indian Ocean.
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| Weight | 0.4 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24.5 × 17.5 cm |
| HSN Code | 49030010 |
| ISBN | 9789390037087 |
| Printing | Offset Printing |
Sunil Amrith is a historian at Yale University. His "Crossing the Bay of Bengal: the Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants" is a pioneering work that looked at the contexts and circumstances of migration during colonial times, especially from Southern India to South-east Asia. "Crossings" is loosely based on some of the stories Amrith explored in this book.
Ruth Coffey teaches at Yale Law School and pursues her interest in writing, and in reading books for children.
Matthew Frame is a London-based illustrator. Since completing his Masters at Central St. Martins, Matthew’s practice has focussed on how illustration can address the issues surrounding social cohesion in the globalised world. Produced from his studio, Matthew’s intricate drawings play with texture and pattern to explore his passion for film, politics, trash culture and science fiction. His emphasis on hand-drawn imagery and analogue production techniques inform his design outlook and underpin his distinctive approach to illustration.
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