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The Accidental Malay
- Author
- Karina Robles Bahrin
- Narrator
- Vera Chok
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 16 August 2024
- Run Time
- 7 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize
‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ - Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire
Jasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family’s billion-ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother, the great Madame Leong, unexpectedly passes away, Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions.
Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, Karina Robles Bahrin's The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country’s racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.
'A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics' - Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day
Critics Review
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A sharply observed, elegantly crafted culture-clash state-of-the-nation drama that is not only witty but heartfelt.
Epigram Book Fiction Prize Judges
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Desire, religion and politics collide in this delicious debut . . . Slick, sharp and full of the frustrations and joys of modern urban Malaysia
Tash Aw, author of We, The Survivors
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A deeply nuanced study in the sometimes suffocating intertwining of race and religion for Malay-Muslims.
Suffian Hakim, author of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher
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A novel both generous and scathing . . . a fast-paced, character-driven, furious and yet somehow joyful exploration of Malay ethnoreligious supremacy
Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening is the Whole Day
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Braving the intersections and contradictions of race, class and gender, one woman’s private campaign for self- definition becomes a search for love amidst corporate manoeuvrings, familial pressures and the challenging complexities of her country’s cultural politics.
Cyril Wong, author of This Side of Heaven
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Stylish, trenchant, yet brimming with heart, The Accidental Malay captures the complexities of contemporary Malaysia with wit and grace
Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit
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Details
- Author
- Karina Robles Bahrin
- Narrator
- Vera Chok
- Duration
- 7 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 August 2024
- ISBN
- 9781035032396
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Modern and Contemporary romance, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: politics / economics
Synopsis
Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize‘Slick, sharp . . . a joy to read’ - Tash Aw, author of Five Star BillionaireJasmine Leong is the heiress apparent to Phoenix, her family’s billion-ringgit company known especially for its pork snacks. When her grandmother, the great Madame Leong, unexpectedly passes away, Jasmine discovers she is actually a Malay Muslim and this newfound identity threatens to upend her life and ambitions.Finding herself at the centre of a political controversy, and caught between two men who love her, Karina Robles Bahrin's The Accidental Malay examines the human cost of a country’s racial policies and paints a portrait of a woman unwilling to accept the fate history has designated for her.'A novel both generous and scathing; both honest and nuanced; both grounded in human emotion and engaged with history and politics' - Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day
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