The Persimmon Tree

by Bryce Courtenay

Publisher Penguin / Viking

Unsigned
Hardcover
UK First Edition, First Printing

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Literary Fiction

Released May 6, 2008

ISBN 9780670070701

£25.00

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Set among the Pacific islands and in the Indian Ocean, The Persimmon Tree tells the very personal and often romantic stories of men and women caught up in larger events - in this case starting with the Japanese invasion of Java and the Dutch exodus of the region. The story spans from 1942 and the fall of Singapore and the American landings at Guadalcanal to the ongoing fight against the Japanese for supremacy in the region. The story follows the fortunes of a colourful cast of characters, in particular young Nicholas Duncan ('the butterfly collector') and his sweetheart, the Eurasian/Dutch girl, Anna Van Heerden. Following Nicholas and Anna through dangerous and exciting times, the story concludes some fifty years later, when the dynamics of the Pacific region have changed forever.

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Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa and spent his early childhood years in a small town deep in the heart of the Lebombo mountains.

He won a scholarship to a prestigious boy's school and thereafter attended university in England where he studied Journalism. At the age of 55, Bryce decided to take the plunge. He'd been telling stories since the age of five and had always known he would be a writer some day. Courtenay became one of Australia's bestselling novelists, notable for his book The Power of One. Bryce Courtenay died at his home in Canberra, Australia. He was 79.

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