The Lost Century
Larissa Lai
The latest novel by Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu): an epic yet intimate story set during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II.
Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu) returns with a sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism and queer experience during Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong during World War II.
On the eve of the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, young Ophelia asks her peculiar great-aunt Violet about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II and the disappearance of her uncle Theo. From Violet, she learns the story of her grandmother, Emily.
Emily’s marriage—three times—to her father’s mortal enemy causes a stir among three very different Hong Kong Chinese families, as well as among the young cricketers at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, who’ve just witnessed King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry Wallis Simpson. But the class and race pettiness of the scandal around Emily’s marriage is violently disrupted by the Japanese Imperial Army’s invasion of Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941, which plunges the colony into a landscape of violence none of its inhabitants escape from unscathed, least of all Emily. When her situation becomes dire, Violet, along with a crew of unlikely cosmopolitans determines to rescue Emily from the wrath of the person she thought loved her the most, her husband, Tak-Wing. In the middle of it all, a strange match of timeless Test cricket unfolds, in which the ball has an agency all its own.
With great heart, The Lost Century explores the intersections of Asian relations, queer Asian history, underground resistance, the violence of war, and the rise of modern China? a sprawling novel of betrayal, epic violence and intimate passions.
Duration - 9h 44m.
Author - Larissa Lai.
Narrator - Caroline McLaughlin.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Larissa Lai ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
The latest novel by Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu): an epic yet intimate story set during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu) returns with a sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism and queer experience during Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. On the eve of the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, young Ophelia asks her peculiar great-aunt Violet about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II and the disappearance of her uncle Theo. From Violet, she learns the story of her grandmother, Emily. Emily’s marriage—three times—to her father’s mortal enemy causes a stir among three very different Hong Kong Chinese families, as well as among the young cricketers at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, who’ve just witnessed King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry Wallis Simpson. But the class and race pettiness of the scandal around Emily’s marriage is violently disrupted by the Japanese Imperial Army’s invasion of Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941, which plunges the colony into a landscape of violence none of its inhabitants escape from unscathed, least of all Emily. When her situation becomes dire, Violet, along with a crew of unlikely cosmopolitans determines to rescue Emily from the wrath of the person she thought loved her the most, her husband, Tak-Wing. In the middle of it all, a strange match of timeless Test cricket unfolds, in which the ball has an agency all its own. With great heart, The Lost Century explores the intersections of Asian relations, queer Asian history, underground resistance, the violence of war, and the rise of modern China? a sprawling novel of betrayal, epic violence and intimate passions. Duration - 9h 44m. Author - Larissa Lai. Narrator - Caroline McLaughlin. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Larissa Lai ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Chapter 1
Duration:00:12:01
Chapter 2
Duration:00:30:21
Chapter 3
Duration:00:16:26
Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Duration:00:36:54
Chapter 6
Duration:00:23:13
Chapter 7
Duration:00:14:48
Chapter 8
Duration:00:16:35
Chapter 9
Duration:00:17:06
Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
Duration:00:19:15
Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
Duration:00:04:09
Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
Duration:00:32:10
Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
Duration:00:13:20
Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
Duration:00:23:09
Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
Duration:00:13:48
Chapter 29
Duration:00:04:21
Chapter 30
Duration:00:16:51
Chapter 31
Duration:00:19:59
Chapter 32
Duration:00:02:03
Chapter 33
Duration:00:23:12
Chapter 34
Duration:00:02:13
Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
Duration:00:10:38
Chapter 37
Duration:00:14:44
Chapter 38
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Chapter 39
Duration:00:24:12
Chapter 40
Duration:00:23:09
Chapter 41
Duration:00:16:15
Chapter 42
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Chapter 43
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Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
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Chapter 46
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Chapter 47
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Chapter 48
Duration:00:21:53
Chapter 49
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Chapter 50
Duration:00:12:00
Chapter 51
Duration:00:27:11
Closing Credits
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