Abstract
ABSTRACT In a celebration of Han Suyin’s writing and a personal assessment of her enduring significance, the author Aamer Hussein recalls his friendship with Han and his memories of her final published work, The Sun in Ambush. Hussein’s article reviews Han’s creative range – as author, historian, and public intellectual – and assesses her major fictional achievements. Hussein’s personal recollection also reveals Han’s generous, principled support for fellow Asian and African writers and her mentoring role for Hussein (who collaborated on Han’s 1990 essay collection Tigers and Butterflies). Hussein also assesses the critical attacks on Han and her political sympathies after the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989. Over 30 years after these events, Han’s rewarding, complex body of work – in its topical engagement with “self-admitted homelessness”, formal literary experimentation, nationalism, globalization, and the puzzle of identity – is now more relevant than ever.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
