SOLD Asian identities in Australia

 

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PB. 323pp. $35 including postage anywhere in Australia.

The presence of Asians within Australia continues to be represented in the media as a problem for social cohesion, and a source of panic. This book explores this controversial topic in contemporary Australian society and culture. For the first time in the post-Hanson era, it looks at how Australia and Asia are already intertwined.

In case you still believe people who come to Australia on boats are queue-jumpers ...

 

Mint condition. PB. 332pp. $20 including postage anywhere in Australia. 

An excellent antidote to the hatred too often directed at "boat people". 

A family's sacrifice - A nation's struggle 

In the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese families set out on perilous journeys in rickety boats to escape communist rule and seek out a better life. Kim Huynh's family was one of them. 

In this unique memoir, Kim traces his parents' precarious lives, from their poor villages in central and southern Vietnam, through relative affluence in Saigon, to their harrowing experiences after the American withdrawal and the fall of Saigon in 1975, which led them to a new life in Australia. 

As Kim explores his parents' stories, he unveils the tragedy and inner strength of ordinary Vietnamese people struggling to survive in a country beset by colonisation and ravaged by war. this gripping story is not only an invaluable piece of political history, but a moving tribute from a son to his parents. 

For fans of Ahn Do's 'the Happiest Refugee' and Pauline Nguyen's 'Secrets of the Red Lantern'.

SOLD An Australian couple's account of life in Goa, India's Portuguese heartland

 

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Rare book. Excellent condition. PB. 304pp. $25 including postage anywhere in Australia.

Between Stations by Kim Cheng Boey

 

Mint condition. PB. 320pp. $30 including postage anywhere in Australia.

Signed by the author. I hate to part with this beautiful book.

Kim Cheng Boey was born in Singapore and became an established poet in his home country before migrating to Australia in 1997. He has had many volumes of poetry published.

Between Stations is his first collection of travel writing. He currently lectures on creative writing at the University of Newcastle.

Cheng Boey was known in Singapore for his political writings and had become disillusioned with Singapore’s rapid economic growth, which he felt came at a cost to its places of tradition.

The selection of writings here focuses on his experiences travelling and working in China, India, Egypt and Morocco.

Here are 11 stories to transport you to a particular place and state of mind.

The phrase ‘between stations’ can mean something different to anyone who has migrated: the feeling of being somewhere which still after many years can feel new.

The place of your birth – no matter your feelings – holds a sense of strong nostalgia that can never be lost.