A collection of six stories set in early 20th-century British Malaya, The Casuarina Tree is a lost classic by English author W. Somerset Maugham. Inspired by his travels to Asia, Maugham skilfully paints portraits of people enmeshed in the contradictions of a lost place and time. Each story is a miniature drama, played out against a backdrop of the lush plantations and winding rivers of colonial Malaya. The stories in The Casuarina Tree reveal the tensions and intrigues lurking beneath the seemingly calm surface of everyday life in the colonies, and Maugham's prowess as a short story writer and keen observer of human nature is evident in these poignant vignettes of characters coming to terms with a land and people they struggle to understand.

Text: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN: 981-4155-52-7