The Light Between Us
by Elaine Chiew
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Pub Date 10 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 30 Sep 2024
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Description
The Time Traveler's Wife meets Crazy Rich Asians in this speculative romance set against Singapore's tumultuous past. Immersed in Southeast Asian history, time-travel, and an impossible love story, The Light Between Us is perfect for readers of literary historical fiction and modern romantasy fans alike.
At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer. Through a mysterious digital folder and photographic plates, a conversation is sparked, leading to a romance that spans lifetimes.
In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend, Aiko, leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips. Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Wei’s letters are tinged by the increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?
Inspired by her research into Singaporean historical archives, Elaine Chiew weaves Chinese mythology and early 20th century colonial Singapore into this speculative epic.
Advance Praise
"The Light Between Us is historical fiction raised to a premier level of literary excellence"—Midwest Book Review
"This is a genre-defying work that blends in elements of mystery and a nicely over-the-top family drama (...) with references to literature, art, and food makes it even more delightful."—Historical Novel Society
"a novel that is at once a love story, a meditation on photography, an elegant historical fiction, and a gripping tale that enchanted me to the very last page."—Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom Spring
"an intricate, richly layered and meticulously researched historical detective story"—Hannah Vincent, author of The Weaning and She Clown and Other Stories
"Meticulously researched and richly crafted, The Light Between Us dances elegantly between truths and lies, promises and threats, and between a sweet dream and harsh reality."—Mahita Vas, author of A Good Day to Die and It Happened on a Scrabble Sunday
"The Light Between Us does the impossible: capture Singapore’s multilingualism and its early beginnings as a migrant’s country, all in well-measured prose. On top of that, the book is a dreamy treatise of art in its many forms."—Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared (longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023)
"In two heart-pounding sittings, I raced through Chiew's deeply moving and seductive story of longing across centuries and space. The way I view a forever love is profoundly changed."—Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781915584670 |
| PRICE | US$17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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