Crime mystery set mainly in OXFORD in WW2
The Golden Land
Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1988 and 2011
Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, this debut novel digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships.
When Etta’s grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel to Myanmar to explore complicated adolescent memories of her grandmother’s family and the violence she witnessed there. Full of rich detail and complex relationships, The Golden Land explores those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.
“A heartfelt exploration of the ties of family, The Golden Land is an engrossing tale told across generations with the explosive history of Myanmar as its backdrop. Elizabeth Shick has written a compelling, emotionally complex novel that explores the difficulties of defining oneself amid the struggle of competing cultures. This is a timely, necessary book.” —Sabina Murray, author of The Human Zoo and Valiant Gentlemen
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