TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aw,Tash
TI  - Map of the Invisible World
SN  - 9780007349982
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - 4th Estate, An imprint HarperCollins Publishers ; 
KW  - Abandoned children
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Brothers
KW  - Adopted children
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: 2009
N2  - During their years together in the orphanage Johan keeps a constant vigil over his little brother Adam. But they are placed in different adoptive homes and lose all contact. Johan is taken to Kuala Lumpur by a wealthy Malaysian couple, to a life of smart restaurants and expensive cars, whilst Adam remains in Indonesia where he is adopted in by a Dutch painter, Karl, and finds himself growing up in a simple coastal town. Adam often thinks of his brother, but as the years pass, the memories become less painful, and he adapts to his new life. However, in the summer of 1964 unrest is in the air as post-colonial Indonesia slides gradually towards civil war. Foreigners, and especially the Dutch, are treated with increasing hostility. When Karl is arrested, sixteen-year-old Adam resolves to do all that he can to find him. He quickly falls in with a dangerous crowd and is swept up in events that reach far beyond his understanding.
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