In 1890, a man calling himself Alfred Raquez appeared in Indochina. He published highly detailed travel accounts that open a unique window onto the European presence in the Far East. And yet, through all his travels and rising fame, the man kept a secret that his closest companions would not learn of it until after his death in 1907.
In 1890, a man calling himself Alfred Raquez appeared in Indochina. He published highly detailed travel accounts that open a unique window onto the European presence in the Far East. And yet, through all his travels and rising fame, the man kept a secret that his closest companions would not learn of it until after his death in 1907.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William L. Gibson is a full-time writer and editor of both academic and fiction books, based in Southeast Asia. His recent academic appointments have included lecturing in writing and media at Sampoerna University and SAE Institute in Jakarta. He is former Head of the Department of Digital Journalism at SAE Institute, Singapore, and former Assistant Professor at Singapore's National Institute of Education. His non-fiction publications include Art and Money in the Writing of Tobias Smollett (2007); In the Land of Pagodas, A. Raquez (translation with Paul Bruthiaux; 2017); and Laotian Pages, A. Raquez (translation with Paul Bruthiaux; 2018). His Singapore Trilogy of hard-boiled crime novels set in 1890s Malaya and Singapore is published by Monsoon Books.
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1. Mitchell Innes and Orts Who is M. Raquez? Batavia King Norodom and Master Léopold A Water borne Mirage Doctor of Law Slow Boat to China 2. In the Land of Pagodas Exote Flâneur Punk The Paris of the Orient General Chen Jitong Not a single li is level The Sounds of Guiyang Vérascope Richard Mayflies 3. Sugar Stick Bird or Mouse? Governor General Doumer Endangered Species Liquor and Opium I always carry a khene in my luggage Good Enough to Eat Muang Sing Soul piercing Desolation Le Comptoir Laotien 4. Le Petit Lac F. H. Schneider Laotian Pages Mysterious Angkor L'exposition de Hanoi Human Zoos Adventures with the Press Corps Governor General Beau War with Challaye 5. Famine in Guangxi, Railroads in Guangzhou Norodom's Last Bon Om Touk Salome in Singapore Chulalongkorn's Jubilee Sel Hybat Is the Emperor Mad? Even the dead are partying Farewell to the King of the Khmers Typhoon 6. Adieu, Hanoi The Conquest of Hearts Instructions pour les voyageurs Postcards and Singing Ghosts What Day is This? Sisavang Vong's Dancing Rats Everyone wanted to see the King's funeral pyre 7. Home Again The Colonial Exposition of 1906 Pigeon Coop La plus gracieuse des Ballerines laotiennes Sisowath's Royal Troupe Avant Garde Exoticism The Christopher Columbus of Laos Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 8. Black Pox or Death by Valentine? Eulogies and Monuments L'affaire Gervais Loose Ends The Unknowable Fading Traces The Repressed Returns 9. Longing for the Past
1. Mitchell Innes and Orts Who is M. Raquez? Batavia King Norodom and Master Léopold A Water borne Mirage Doctor of Law Slow Boat to China 2. In the Land of Pagodas Exote Flâneur Punk The Paris of the Orient General Chen Jitong Not a single li is level The Sounds of Guiyang Vérascope Richard Mayflies 3. Sugar Stick Bird or Mouse? Governor General Doumer Endangered Species Liquor and Opium I always carry a khene in my luggage Good Enough to Eat Muang Sing Soul piercing Desolation Le Comptoir Laotien 4. Le Petit Lac F. H. Schneider Laotian Pages Mysterious Angkor L'exposition de Hanoi Human Zoos Adventures with the Press Corps Governor General Beau War with Challaye 5. Famine in Guangxi, Railroads in Guangzhou Norodom's Last Bon Om Touk Salome in Singapore Chulalongkorn's Jubilee Sel Hybat Is the Emperor Mad? Even the dead are partying Farewell to the King of the Khmers Typhoon 6. Adieu, Hanoi The Conquest of Hearts Instructions pour les voyageurs Postcards and Singing Ghosts What Day is This? Sisavang Vong's Dancing Rats Everyone wanted to see the King's funeral pyre 7. Home Again The Colonial Exposition of 1906 Pigeon Coop La plus gracieuse des Ballerines laotiennes Sisowath's Royal Troupe Avant Garde Exoticism The Christopher Columbus of Laos Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 8. Black Pox or Death by Valentine? Eulogies and Monuments L'affaire Gervais Loose Ends The Unknowable Fading Traces The Repressed Returns 9. Longing for the Past
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