Embassy Tales by Christine Sathiah - Book Talk & Signing
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Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur |
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7.30PM - 9PM
Alliance Francaise de Kuala Lumpur , 15, Lorong Gurney, 54100 KL
A humourous and moving testimony to the art of traditional diplomacy that has faded in an age of screens and digital conversations. Embassy
Tales is an intensely personal and perceptive account of Christine Sathiah’s life as the wife of a senior Malaysian diplomat (Dato’ Renji
Sathiah) spanning three decades and nine different countries, where she was witness to historical events and upheavals including war in
Cambodia and Perestroika in the USSR.
Part memoir, part travelogue, Embassy Tales is a vivid kaleidoscope of hilarious moments and tragedy; good people and villains; moving encounters as well as interminably boring cocktail receptions. Throughout, Christine Sathiah casts a perceptive and sympathetic look at the foibles and idiosyncrasies of diplomatic life: its protocol strictures and absurdities; the heartaches of leaving friends behind and settling into new environments; and the challenges of navigating different international settings.
About the Author:
Christine Sathiah, born in France of mixed French-Spanish heritage, spent her formative years in Paris. She studied French literature at the Sorbonne and later achieved a First Class Honours degree in International Relations and Political Science at Victoria University in Wellington.
In 1969, she married Renji Sathiah, a Malaysian diplomat, whose career path took them from London to Moscow, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Singapore, Brasilia and Brussels as well as home postings in Kuala Lumpur. She has a passion for languages and teaches Spanish and French. Her daughter is a crime novelist who lives in Wellington with her husband and two sons. She is the author of French Customs and Etiquette.
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