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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781905802142
ISBN: 1905802145
Label: Myrmidon Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Myrmidon Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
Publisher: Myrmidon Books Ltd
Studio: Myrmidon Books Ltd

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Rating: - A painful journey
With a unique and interesting mix of the cultural and historical, The Gift of Rain is a long, gruelling walk through a region during times of change; from prosperity, through tyranny and devastation, to its rebirth, all the time following one boy's path as he plays an important role in the proceedings.

As Philip's life pans out, filled with tragedy and pain, you feel as though you endure his trials with him.

An inherently good person, but with weaknesses like anyone else, ... Read More

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Rating: - A Book I will never forget
This was a true find. I finished reading in and it has stayed in my mind.
I've recommended it to everyone I know. It is a moving, troubling, unrelenting story of a young man's life and his search for meaning. It was on the Man Booker prize list and it deserved it. I hope they make a film of this. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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Rating: - Beautiful book
I loved this book and was sorry to finish it. The prose is beautiful with not one superfluous word. The story is important and well told. I disagree with some previous reviewers; yes, not all questions are answered and not all motivations are explained, but isn't that just like life? Well done, Tan Twan Eng, please write another book!

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Rating: - a very moving book
Philip Hutton is half Chinese and half English but in many ways does not really know where he belongs in the world. He has English siblings and an English father and his mother died when he was still very young. He many ways he perceives himself as an outsider within his family. By chance he strikes up a very powerful friendship with Endo. Endo becomes his mentor and helps him to finally come to terms with himself and who he is and his place in the world, but it comes at a very high price. There ... Read More

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Rating: - A good read mostly!
The gift of rain succeeds very well in recreating the atmosphere of Penang just before and also during WW2 and the Japanese occupation. It tells the story of young Philip Hutton, half English and half Chinese, who feels at odds with his family as he thinks he doesn't belong to either community.It is also the story of the consuming relationship he builds with his Japanese sensei Endo san and the complex emotions he has to go through as love,faith and admiration have to battle distrust and bitterness and ... Read More

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