‘The Golden Land’ by Elizabeth Shick revolves around a young woman’s relationship with her mixed heritage and the internal balancing act it engenders in a person who has lived the majority of their life in a foreign country.
Elizabeth Shick’s debut novel The Golden Land is a significant achievement. In it, the microcosm of one family’s experiences gestures toward the macrocosm of Myanmar’s complex history. Long called “the golden land” for the golden pagodas and stupas dotting the landscape, Myanmar has endured beyond name changes and shifting political tides. In The Golden Land, Shick portrays a… Read More The Golden Land, Complex and Enduring
Queen Supayalat of Burma was said to have ordered the murder of more than 80 members of the royal family in order to ensure her position on the throne. The story of Queen Supayalat, which is more complicated than meets the eye, haunts Elizabeth Shick’s powerful debut novel, ‘The Golden Land’…