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Oswald Wynd

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born

January 01, 1913 in Tokyo, The United Kingdom

died

January 01, 1998

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Literature & Fiction

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Oswald Wynd (1913 – 1998) was a Scottish writer, born in Tokyo of parents who had left their native Perth to run a mission in Japan.
He attended schools in Japan where he grew up speaking both English and Japanese. In 1932 he returned with his parents to Scotland, and studied at the University of Edinburgh and began to write novels. When World War II came he joined the Scots Guards but was then commissioned into the Intelligence Corps and sent to Malaya. At the time of the Japanese invasion, he was attached to the Indian Army on the east coast of Malaya, and his brigade covered the final withdrawal to Singapore. Cut off by the Japanese advance, he was lost alone for a week in the Johor jungle. Eventually he wa...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 783 ratings · 165 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Ginger Tree 3.88 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 1977 — 15 editions	My rating:
	A Dragon for Christmas 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Blazing Air 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981	My rating:
	Une Odeur De Gingembre: Roman 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	Death the Red Flower 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	My rating:
	The hawser pirates. 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Fatal Shadow 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Forty Days 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Ginger Tree by Christopher Hampton, Oswald Wynd (Source Material) 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Oswald Wynd

“Laughter between two is sometimes a closer act of love than any other.”
― Oswald Wynd, The Ginger Tree

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“Why do we have to make such terrible decisions for our whole lives when we are too young to know what we are doing? The big mistakes are hung around your neck and you have to wear them forever.”
― Oswald Wynd, The Ginger Tree

6 people liked it

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Which book set in Asia & the Pacific would you like to read for the August/September group read?

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

38 votes, 18.4%

The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim

33 votes, 16.0%

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

32 votes, 15.5%

The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli

24 votes, 11.7%

The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

18 votes, 8.7%

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

16 votes, 7.8%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

13 votes, 6.3%

Gai-Jin by James Clavell

10 votes, 4.9%

The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel by Maureen Lindley

10 votes, 4.9%

The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd

3 votes, 1.5%

The Hell Screen by I.J. Parker

3 votes, 1.5%

The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb

3 votes, 1.5%

The Denniston Rose by Jenny Pattrick

2 votes, 1.0%

A Map of Paradise by Linda Ching Sledge

1 vote, 0.5%

206 total votes

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