Agnès

By Viji Krishnamoorthy

The year is 1914 and the fissures of the war are spreading across Europe.

A Russian cruiser Zhemtchug is sunk off the coast of Penang by the German warship Emden. From amid the wreckage, a local fisherman and his son rescue a baby. They deliver her to the Sisters at the Convent Light Street, where she is named Agn s for she is holy and pure.

Agn s grows into a fiercely intelligent and restless young woman against the backdrop of the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency. Haunted by a past she cannot remember in a world that is rapidly changing, she grapples with finding herself--and enduring happiness.

Buried deep within Agn s is loss and an intense yearning to belong. But in a nation where loyalty is tested as identities are contested, will she ever find a place and people she can claim as her own?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9815368001
• ISBN13: 9789815368000
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 324 Pages