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The conflicts that surround Li An in the politically charged atmosphere of Kuala Lumpur in 1969 intersect with her own internal contradictions: although she supports her nation's struggle to build its own identity after decades of British colonial rule, she cannot renounce her love for the English poetry that she teaches. And although she aspires to be a new kind of Asian woman--independent and unsentimental--she finds herself married to the safe and dependable Henry, and attracted to an American Peace Corps volunteer, Chester. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Lim's characters try to find a way back to their pasts and each other, they are caught up in the larger tensions between East and West, women and men, freedom and responsibility. 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The Irreversible Sun’s song soars even in direst loss.”—Anca Vlasopolos, author of Cartographies of Scale (and Wing)  “Shirley Lim’s poetry simultaneously puzzles and clarifies. These poems are rich in sense of place and startling juxtapositions: gingkos, coastal oaks, and magpies alongside glittery garbage. 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The setting of these sometimes wryly funny, sometimes heartbreaking stories shifts from the war-torn, tradition-bound Malaysia of Lim's childhood to the liberating, but confusing and often harsh United States of her adulthood. Her memory is undiluted by nostalgia, her ear is perfectly tuned to the voices of both her old country and her new, and her eye is sharp to the special dilemmas faced by girls and women.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53083528331537,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53083528757521,"sku":"NIN9781558611689","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781558611689.jpg?v=1769972479"},{"product_id":"forbidden-stitch-book-shirley-geok-lin-lim-9780934971102","title":"The Forbidden Stitch","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53181000122641,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53181000483089,"sku":"CIN0934971102G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780934971102.jpg?v=1772223440"},{"product_id":"dawns-tomorrow-book-shirley-geok-lin-lim-9798986729084","title":"Dawns Tomorrow","description":"In an era when chapbooks or slim poetry volumes (often thematically or stylistically focused) are a frequent standard, Shirley Geok-lin Lim's new book is an audaciously monumental compilation. 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