Amid colonial rule and Japanese occupation, young lovers pay the price of modernity in Rachel Heng's 'The Great Reclamation'
On one level, the novel is about the actual process of land reclamation, which makes sense, given Singapore’s history. On a deeper level, though, it's about what it means to reclaim something that once was, even if others insist it was never there in the first place.
Source: bostonglobe.com
