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People of the Pear Tree
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Wikipedia article
'People of the Pear Tree' is a 1993 novel by Eurasian Singaporean writer Rex Shelley, which tells the story of a Eurasian family, the Pereras, during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore and Malaya.Wong, Alan. "Under the Pear Tree", 'The Star', November 13, 2011. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2011/11/13/lifebookshelf/9774312. Retrieved March 25, 2013. The book won a Highly Commended Award from the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) in 1994.. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
Plot
The Pear Tree of the story refers to the Eurasian Perera ("pear" in Portuguese) family, whose viewpoint the story takes. The younger generation of the Perera family moves from Singapore to a Eurasian colony near Bahau, where Augustine "Gus" Perera, a young man of twenty-one, is recruited by a group of British-backed Chinese communists fighting a guerrilla war against the Japanese invaders. Meanwhile, Gus's sister, the beautiful Anna, is courted by Japanese officer Junichiro Takanashi.
References
Category:Singaporean novels
Category:1993 novels
Category:Novels set in Singapore
Category:Novels set in Malaysia
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