Kalimantaan by Cs Godshalk

Kalimantaan by Cs Godshalk

KALIMANTAAN - the old name for Borneo - is an epic novel about the founding of a small empire by an extraordinary man and a handful of his followers. It is also a beautifully written story about love surviving in the most hostile of circumstances. It is 1850 and a young Englishman, Gideon Barr, arrives in Borneo; within 10 years he has conquered an area the size of England and Wales, ruling through armies of tribal head-hunters. This is the story of Victorian social values superimposed on one of the most violent cultures on earth, of tenderness amid extreme brutality, and of a remarkable tribe of fugitives, missionaries, and romantics drawn to this remote outpost of the world. But the personal cost to Barr is enormous - he and his lovely wife, Amelia, lose three children to cholera and finally she has to return home to ensure the safety of their last surviving child. Full of fantastic descriptions of life in exotic conditions, this is a rare novel that immerses the reader in another, more wonderful world.

Like being taken to a magical unknown planet, yet suddenly realizing it all takes place on this globe in mysterious Borneo and Sarawak: a beautifully written, elegant and rich dream' * John Fowles *
Breathtaking..a plot summary can't hope to do justice to the richness and complexity of this extraordinary novel...it is a mesmerising story, beautifully told * OBSERVER *
This is a wonderful story, exceptionally told. * Beryl Bainbridge *

Chris Godshalk lived in Singapore for ten years. The novel contains everything that she absorbed from her life there.

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ISBN 13	9780349110691
ISBN 10	0349110697
Title	Kalimantaan
Author	C S Godshalk
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1999-08-05
Number of pages	480
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