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Rose Gan

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British by birth, Rose Gan first arrived in Kuala Lumpur in 1978 and has been living and working between both UK and Southeast Asia ever since.

Married to a Malaysian, and formerly a teacher of History and Latin in Manchester and in Malaysia, Gan was also Vice Chair for Museums of the Indonesian Heritage Society, a guide and docent in Museum National Indonesia, Jakarta, and Muzium Negara and the Textile Museum in KL.

In addition to lecturing to cultural associations, Gan has been actively involved with museum publications in Malaysia and Indonesia, both as a writer and editor.

This is Gan's first published novel, from a forthcoming trilogy, although she wrote her first book aged eight. It took her another fifty years to create this series. T ...more

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	Dragon 4.29 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I cannot recommend Rot highly enough. It is at heart a thoroughly forensic, scholarly , intricately researched dissemination of the Great Irish Famine yet written in an accessible and readable style that makes it easy to turn the page. Apart from the ...more
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Fascinating look back at historiography in the late 20th century when I began teaching history. Samuel was a brilliant mind one of the new type of historians who ushered in an age of history from the bottom up and were often disdained by traditionali ...more
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I struggled with my stars here. I love Elif Shafak’s work but this took me longer than usual to settle into. I found the parallel lives of the two girls confusing at times, constantly having to remind myself which was which. On the other hand the bac ...more
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