Days in the History of Silence Man Asian Literary Prize (2012) Detective Sergeant Deepal “Paul” Bhar

Detective Sergeant Deepal “Paul” Bhar

faces off against some of his most powerful foes

Over her long career

secretly playing mahjong during the Anti-Rightist Movement and exchanging lovers on the eve of the Cultural Revolution

Written by leading military historian Richard Holmes

Days in the History of Silence Man Asian Literary Prize (2012) Detective Sergeant Deepal “Paul” BharEva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teacher, and they have three grown daughters and a comfortable home. Yet what binds them together isnt only affection and solidarity but also the painful facts of their respective histories, which they keep hidden even from their own children. But after the abrupt dismissal of their housekeeper and Simons increasing withdrawal into himself, the past can no