A haunting exploration of immigration and loss.
This book could be a good read for readers who appreciate powerful storytelling and thought-provoking themes. "The Last Immigrant" delves into the complex emotions of an immigrant living in a foreign country, grappling with personal tragedies and societal hostility towards migrants. Through beautiful prose, it captures the struggle of identity, loss, and the longing for a sense of belonging. With its poignant exploration of immigration issues, this book will leave readers reflecting on their own notions of home and the human experience.
ISBN: 9789814785129
Authors:
Lau Siew Mei
Publisher: Epigram Books
Date of Publication: 2018-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 2.46
(rated by 37 readers)
Description
Longlisted for the 2016 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeBy the author of Playing Madame Mao, hailed by Time magazine as "one of the best novels ever written about Singapore".Ismael, a transplanted Singaporean, lives on a bucolic suburban Brisbane street. His job is to decide whether asylum-seekers get to stay in the country, a dilemma that never fails to remind him of his own immigrant status. But then his life begins to take on the hue of a nightmare: his neighbour inexplicably commits suicide, his wife dies of cancer, his daughter abandons him for the United States, and his Siamese cat goes missing.In Lau Siew Mei’s new novel, an enclosed Australian neighbourhood becomes a microcosm of a world increasingly hostile towards migrants.
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