The Man From Borneo: An Autobiography
History is full of people who are well respected amongst those they have positively influenced, but of whom the rest of us know little or nothing. This is the autobiography of such a man who became a Lasallian brother in the 1930s, witnessed the Japanese occupation of Penang which threatened his vocation and then came out the other side to celebrate independence as a Malaysian, whose nationality was often questioned because of his mixed parentage. In amidst all this he was at the forefront in expanding the Lassalian educational methods throughout Asia as well as holding senior posts in the order. With the aid of his personal diaries, the author is able to project himself with different voices appropriate to the different stages of his life’s development.
RM50.00
Out of stock
Description
History is full of people who are well respected amongst those they have positively influenced, but of whom the rest of us know little or nothing. This is the autobiography of such a man who became a Lasallian brother in the 1930s, witnessed the Japanese occupation of Penang which threatened his vocation and then came out the other side to celebrate independence as a Malaysian, whose nationality was often questioned because of his mixed parentage. In amidst all this he was at the forefront in expanding the Lassalian educational methods throughout Asia as well as holding senior posts in the order. With the aid of his personal diaries, the author is able to project himself with different voices appropriate to the different stages of his life’s development.
Publisher: SIRD
Paperback
2010
ISBN: 9789675832055
Related products
-
My Days in the Sun: A Memoir
In My Days in the Sun, a distinguished radiologist presents a candid self-portraits of his 40 years Mark YS Soo was born in 1933 into a Cantonese...RM40.00 -
The Thorn Of Lion City: A Memoir
This evocative memoir of a little girl's upbringing in an immigrant Chinese family in Singapore in the 1940s illuminates life during the Japanese...RM40.00 -
The Memoirs And Memorials Of Jacques de Coutre: Security, Trade And Society In 16th And 17th-Century Southeast Asia
Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 17th century He left history a substantial...RM65.00 -
A Life Beyond Boundaries
An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities Born in China, Benedict Anderson spent his childhood in California...RM35.00