House of Doors
Tan Twan Eng
Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
House of Doors
by Tan Twan Eng
—· 336 p· 2023
Booker Prizereflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
From the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.
Pages
336
Canongate Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose9
Historical Atmosphere9
Literary Ambition9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Worldbuilding7
Plot twists6
Pacing6
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