The five-year-old Marguerite lives with her mother and two brothers in a poor family in Saigon. After the holidays, she again visited the French school. Since the school is located further out, she sleeps in a boarding house. When they take the ferry over The Mekong runs and stops at the railing of the lookout, is a Chinese to her.
Marguerite and the Chinese from Chole meet from then on regularly in a room. It is home to both of her affair. The Chinese loves her not only physically but also with the heart. But a white woman and a young Chinese have twice as old in the French Indochina embossed no future.
My opinion
Years ago I had a look at this book in the TV movie. There was said in the credits that the film is based on the present book. The film itself has really touched me then and captured. Since I had always wanted to read the book. Before Recently I was then a friend reminded of the book, so I thought it would ertauscht. What is in the book, I've already written above.
The book is told from the perspective of Marguerite. However, she says most of the little girl - ie in the third person. There are always times temporal sequences. Sometimes she tells of her time at school, then again by the family and the death of her younger brother or in their future France. Initially, it was confusing to me something but I got used to it quickly and was able to enjoy the excellent literary book. I myself can recommend the book to each of the dramas and classics like. Who here, but an exciting love story is expected to be disappointed.
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