A Sino-Chinese family find their destiny is inseparably entangled with that of the country they have adopted as a home. Not long before the Communist revolution, Tong, sent by his peasant-parents in impoverished rural China to work with a relative in Siam, has risen to become a rice-trading tycoon in Bangkok’s Chinatown, married a former palace cook and built a large family in the town of Pad Riew. Haunted by the dream of returning to his true home in China, Tong, along with his wife and their five children, are swept along by the torrents of history as World War II breakout and China turns red, while the military strongman in Thailand act out the interminable cycle of power struggle, rebellion and coup d’état.<\/p>\n
Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat<\/em><\/strong>, the award-winning second novel by Veerapon Nitiprapha, is a generations-spanning family saga that explores the roots of the Chinese diaspora in Siam and how the tragedy of ruined love, maternal betrayal and futile ambition shape the lives of Tong’s clan members, each of them hounded by their own ghosts and burdened by their own sins. All of this is played out against the backdrop of Siam’s mid-century social and political history, the most chaotic period the formation of the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second novel from Veerapon Nitipraphas is a generations-spanning family saga, that explores the roots of the Chinese diaspora in Siam.
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\nJealous Child 21
\nThe Black Rose Cat 31
\nThe Dancing Lamplight 39
\nThe Porcelain Flowerpot with 49
\nthe Chrysanthemum Pattern
\nThe Half-Moon 57
\nThe Eyes of a Distant Dog 65
\nThe Chinese Weeping Willow 73
\nin the Southern Land
\nMute Buay’s Recipes 81
\nThe Milky Way 89
\nSeven Bored Bithes 97
\nThe Sanctuary of Souls 105
\nMoth Wings, Stained with Dry Tears 113
\nThe Rain Room 121
\nTeacher Crowing Rooster 129
\nCalm After the Storm 137
\nThe Primitive Tribal Warrior 147
\nThe City of Smoke 157
\nSong of the Yellow Oriole 167
\nWhen the River Dreamed 175
\nA Sailor’s Miniature Boat 185
\nYear of the Sunset 195
\nThe Drifter 203
\nCherry Blossoms in the Mist 209
\nThe Adopted Child 217
\nA Thousand Suns 229
\nThe Forever-Closed Doors 239
\nThe Culinary Murder 251
\nArrival of the Snow Crow 259
\nThe Ash-Coloured Light 269
\nThe Ever-Blossoming Peony 279
\nInside a Glass Paperweight
\nThe Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe 291
\nA Land with no Memory 303
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