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'''Rani Manicka''' is a [[Malaysia]]n-born novelist,<ref name="time">{{cite news|last=Tan|first=Hwee Hwee|title=Matriarch of Malaysia|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501030310-428128,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313003857/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501030310-428128,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2007|access-date=3 December 2010|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=3 March 2003}}</ref> who divides her time between Malaysia and the United Kingdom.<ref name="star">{{cite news|title=Malaysian novelist talks about her second book|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/12/7/features/9546704&sec=features|access-date=3 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]|date=7 December 2004}}</ref> <br />
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==Background, education==<br />
Manicka grew up in [[Terengganu]] and attended the University of Malaysia, where she received a business degree.<ref name="star"/> <br />
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==''The Rice Mother'', first novel==<br />
Infused with her own [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] family history, ''The Rice Mother'' is her first novel,<ref name="time"/> and it won the [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]] in 2003 for South East Asia and South Pacific region.<ref>{{cite news|title=We do have local gems|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/12/2/lifefocus/19612204&sec=lifefocus|access-date=3 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]|date=2 December 2007}}</ref> <br />
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''The Rice Mother'' is a "multi-generational story" and focuses on a Sri Lankan family living in Malaysia.<ref name="BestBooks">{{Cite web|last=Wai|first=Lu Yin|title=The 10 Best Books in Malaysian Literature|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/malaysia/articles/the-10-best-books-in-malaysian-literature/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Culture Trip}}</ref> Lakshimi is born in [[Ceylon]], and 14 years old, is married to Ayah, a supposedly rich 37-year-old widower in Malaysia.<ref name="BestBooks" /> On arrival in Malaysia, she finds that Ayah is not rich, and she has to struggle to care for the family, including six children.<ref name="BestBooks" /> Lakshimi survives the horrors of World War II and the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Rani Manicka's work looks at the family members’ deep scars, including those which afflict the young generations.<ref name="BestBooks" /><br />
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== ''The Japanese Lover'', second novel==<br />
Her second novel, ''Touching Earth'', was published in 2005, followed by "The Japanese Lover", released in 2009.<br />
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''The Publisher's Weekly'' says of this work, in a review:<br />
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<blockquote>Bestseller Manicka (The Rice Mother) spins an epic tale of love, loss, and cosmic destiny in her gripping and eloquent third novel, set against the lush backdrop of Malaya throughout the political and cultural turmoil of the 20th century. Prophesied at birth to have a wealthy but disastrous marriage, Parvathi, a poor Ceylonese girl, is married to a powerful man who despises her; she survives life in his house by devoting herself to her children, to a kindly servant, and to Maya, a powerful healer. When Japanese soldiers invade during WWII, she experiences love and passion for the first time in the arms of a commanding officer named Hattori.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Japanese Lover|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781444700336|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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==''Black Jack, third novel''==<br />
Her latest work titled "Black Jack" was published in 2013.<ref name="star"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.facebook.com/RaniManickaAuthor Facebook page]<br />
*[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/rani-manicka.html Reviews, on ''The Publisher's Weekly'']<br />
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