tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post7267732149348661057..comments2024-03-14T18:28:33.536+08:00Comments on Writing by Amir: Pre-Malaysian novels in English set in Malaysia & SingaporeAmir Muhammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-13455228962282956862012-06-16T21:40:18.998+08:002012-06-16T21:40:18.998+08:00Oh there are, of course, masses more, Amir. I am n...Oh there are, of course, masses more, Amir. I am not sitting by my fiction bookshelf at the moment, but ones I can think of offhand are Anthony Crockett's The Perminter Fence, which I'm reading at the moment and will publish a review shortly on The Penang Bookshelf Blog. There's also Vicki Baum's The Weeping Wood that I'm told is the definitive novel on the rubber industry. WE Bailey's Island of Love and Death is an unusual story about a British down and out in Singapore. That's enough for tonight! WilliamPenangbookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786604079461815804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-50023314708789377302010-09-14T21:53:30.073+08:002010-09-14T21:53:30.073+08:00Hi Amir Wow, you've been busy-I have read onl...Hi Amir Wow, you've been busy-I have read only a few, not as many as you for sure!! The three Agnes Newton Keith's you mention are not novels-great reads though, very gripping autobiographical accounts of her life in Sabah. Cheers IbrahimIbrahimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-49904957038458252022010-05-28T16:08:33.398+08:002010-05-28T16:08:33.398+08:00great!
love obsessive compulsive peoples.
ilanngreat!<br />love obsessive compulsive peoples.<br />ilannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-10130442526268556532010-05-28T15:31:21.408+08:002010-05-28T15:31:21.408+08:00The ones I have are in bold. 22 so far. Yes, have ...The ones I have are in bold. 22 so far. Yes, have been buying alphabetically!Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-2346461850451677792010-05-28T15:11:23.386+08:002010-05-28T15:11:23.386+08:00hey Amir,
which ones have you got already?
awesome...hey Amir,<br />which ones have you got already?<br />awesome list boss!<br />cheers,<br />ilannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-90211036471729364462010-03-22T12:11:58.476+08:002010-03-22T12:11:58.476+08:00My Grandfather was Peter Martin Leckie author of M...My Grandfather was Peter Martin Leckie author of Malayan Nights and Eastern Slave. Does anyone know where to find a copy or copies of these books? <br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-17036981840921562692010-02-04T20:14:14.801+08:002010-02-04T20:14:14.801+08:00Me again. I'm researching various aspects of ...Me again. I'm researching various aspects of North Borneo history and came across a 1935 newspaper a/c of a travel book that deals with Malaysia (Junglemania by Dr Arthur Torrance) being withdrawn from sale in the UK because of plagiarism of the novel Sepia (later published as Passion Fruit) by Owen Rutter. The ref is The Straits Times 9 Aug 1935 page 18.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-83457968893156971142010-01-28T18:32:25.311+08:002010-01-28T18:32:25.311+08:00Further to my last comment: how about Biggles in B...Further to my last comment: how about Biggles in Borneo by W E Johns (1943)? The three Agnes Newton Keith books you list are not novels - they are all memoirs based on her time in North Borneo (now Sabah). The only novel she wrote was Beloved Exiles, which was published in 1972 so misses your cut-off point. It's set in North Borneo and is clearly autobiographical to some extent (Author comes to North Borneo, marries an Englishman who has a local mistress and child; she and her husband are interned by the Japanese etc). There's also a novel by Oscar Cook The Second Wave, 1930 or earlier, which was also published in Dutch (Gij zult niet); he also published lots of short stories (with a supernatural bent) set in North Borneo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-48968729282155543452010-01-28T18:19:56.131+08:002010-01-28T18:19:56.131+08:00Great list, and lots of food for thought there. A...Great list, and lots of food for thought there. A couple more for you: Dreamer Awake by Michael P O'Connor (1946, set in Ireland and Borneo), and loads more by Owen Rutter (Golden Rain comes to mind: see his Wikipedia page for other titles). Are you restricting yourself just to novels, or are you dealing with short stories as well? I know of collections by Maxwell Hall and Michael P. O'Connor, on top of the many written by W. Somerset Maugham.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-62925029551505367502009-12-25T23:50:19.787+08:002009-12-25T23:50:19.787+08:00That is non-fiction. This list is only for novels ...That is non-fiction. This list is only for novels ;-)<br /><br />I am happy to announce that I have collected 17 of the books so far :-)Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403017110948354453.post-79675680261139507922009-12-25T22:26:57.670+08:002009-12-25T22:26:57.670+08:00Amazing list! How abt Isabella bird's The Gold...Amazing list! How abt Isabella bird's The Golden Chersonese? <br />She travelled Through Malaya and Singapore in the 1800sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com