Singapore Short Stories

Author : Pooja Nansi
Publisher : Epigram Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789814845472

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The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories by Pooja Nansi Pdf

The best short fiction published by Singaporean writers in 2017 and 2018. The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2017 and 2018, selected by guest editor Pooja Nansi from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s preface and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading. Reader Reviews "The stories range from intimate family portraits to speculative science fiction, but every piece speaks to universal experiences of love, loss, desire, and disappointment ... If you've either never read Singaporean literature, this would be a good place to start. If Crazy Rich Asians was the last thing you read by a local author, even better." — Wonderwall.sg

Author : Ee Waun Sim,Joyceline Tully
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 9811831637

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The Little Singapore Book by Ee Waun Sim,Joyceline Tully Pdf

Author : Ng Yi-Sheng
Publisher : Epigram Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789811700750

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Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng Pdf

A man learns that all the animals at the Zoo are robots. A secret terminal in Changi Airport caters to the gods. A prince falls in love with a crocodile. A concubine is lost in time. The island of Singapore disappears. These are the exquisitely strange tales of Lion City, the first collection of short fiction by award-winning poet and playwright Ng Yi-Sheng. Infused with myth, magical realism and contemporary sci-fi, each of these tales invites the reader to see this city-state in a new and darkly fabulous light. Reader Reviews: "Being a big of science fiction and not much of a fan of Singapore, I see Ng Yi-Sheng's collection of short stories in Lion City as the perfect publication for me. He's done amazingly well at capturing the imagination of this 22nd Century Neo-Taoist!" —Seelan Palay, artist, in "My Book of the Year 2018", Singapore Unbound "This collection takes apart the tropes trumpeted ad infinitum about Singapore - the Lion City, gone from fishing village to having great food and a world-class airport - and reveals the magic of myth that underpins them all. The stories, with their subtle explorations of colonialism, capitalism and alienation, are delightful and discomfiting in equal measure. [...] Ng shows not just keen awareness of the existing canons of genre, but a blithe faith that Singapore belongs in these canons. This clever, colourful collection certainly makes a good case for that." —Olivia Ho, Straits Times

Author : Robert Yeo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Short stories, Singaporean (English)
ISBN : 9812356029

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Singapore Short Stories by Robert Yeo Pdf

Author : Lee Kuan Yew
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814561761

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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew by Lee Kuan Yew Pdf

The Singapore Story is the first volume of the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, the man who planted the island state of Singapore firmly on the map of the world. It was first published in 1999. In intimate detail, Lee recounts the battles against colonialists, communists and communalists that led to Singapore’s independence. With consummate political skill, he countered adversaries, sometimes enlisting their help, at others opposing them, in the single-minded pursuit of Singapore’s interests. We read how he led striking unionists against the colonial government, how over tea and golf he fostered ties with key players in Britain and Malaya, of secret midnight meetings in badly lit rooms, drinking warm Anchor beer with a communist underground leader, of his purposeful forging of an alliance with communists to gain the support of the Chinese-educated masses. Readers will find inspiration in his tenacity as he fought for the people’s hearts and minds against first the communists and later the communalists – in parliament, on the streets and through the media. Drawing on unpublished Cabinet papers, archives in Singapore, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, as well as personal correspondence, he gives us a vivid picture of how others viewed him: determined (“Lee will bluff, bully and blackmail up to the eleventh hour”), motivated (“Choo knew I sweated blood to master Hokkien”), ambitious (“He would think himself as legitimate as I was to be the leader of Malaya”), dangerous (“Crush Lee! Put him inside”). It is a sometimes controversial yet strangely consistent portrait of this Asian statesman. These experiences and his dealings with the political leaders were to shape his views and policies, which have had a major impact on Singapore and the region.

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947988880

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Plot Pourri by Various Authors Pdf

This anthology features Singapore’s best short story writers, who are ready to take the nation by storm. The stories range from utopic pasts to distant dystopian futures, from small loves to big losses and from unexpected deaths to beautiful births. You’ll discover fresh perspectives, learn new lessons and find a part of you in these stories. Plot Pourri is the result of a collaborative effort of people whose ultimate passion is literature. So, one thing this is for certain – these stories will leave a lasting impact on you. The authors featured in the anthology are: Leroy Lam, Mark Wong, Jayden L, Azrael Tseng, Jade Ow Yanhui, Ragnild, Victoria Li Dook, Terence, Oh Zhen Yin, You Zhen, Bae Huey, MJ, Sudeepa Nair, Thiagesh, Ashley Gor, Corrinne Kang, Joel Ong, Neeraja Sundar, Dalvin Chandran and Dr. P.

Author : Verena Tay
Publisher : Monsoon Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789814625500

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Singapore Love Stories by Verena Tay Pdf

What does it mean to love and be loved in Singapore? Singapore Love Stories is a vibrant collection of seventeen stories that delves into the diverse love lives of Singapore’s eclectic mix of inhabitants. From the HDB heartlander to the Sentosa millionaire, the privileged expatriate to the migrant worker, the accidental tourist to the reluctant citizen, the characters in this anthology reveal an array of perspectives of love found in the island city-state. Leading Singaporean and Singapore-based writers explore the best and worst of the human condition called love, including grief, duplicity and revenge, self-love, filial love, homesickness and tragic past relationships. Collectively, the stories in this anthology reveal the many ways in which love can be both a salve and a wound in life. Featuring stories by Audrey Chin, Heather Higgins, Elaine Chiew, Damyanti Biswas, Jon Gresham, Verena Tay, Shola Olowu-Asante, Clarissa N. Goenawan, Raelee Chapman, Wan Phing Lim, Kane Wheatley-Holder, Vanessa Deza Hangad, Jing-Jing Lee, Alice Clark-Platts, Melanie Lee, Marion Kleinschmidt and S. Mickey Lin.

Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553900194

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West from Singapore by Louis L'Amour Pdf

He’s a two-fisted American adventurer and veteran of a hundred waterfront brawls. He’s “Ponga Jim” Mayo, and he minds his own business and leaves international intrigue to others. But, as master of his own tramp freighter, trouble seeks him out as he navigates the treacherous East Indian seas from Borneo to Singapore. Never one to back away from danger, Jim straps on his Colt automatic and takes the helm of the Semiramis, ready to battle pirates and spies, dope peddlers and gunrunners and whoever else dares to challenge his command . . . and God help the man who crosses Jim Mayo.

Author : Ian Hamilton
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487002077

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The Diamond Queen of Singapore by Ian Hamilton Pdf

In the latest thrilling novel in the Ava Lee series, Ava launches an investigation into a fraudulent investment scheme that sends her around the globe on the trail of illegal diamonds, drug smuggling, and offshore banking. Ava and Pang Fai are in Toronto to attend a party at the home of Ava’s mother, Jennie Lee. When Ava’s best friend, Mimi, fails to appear, Ava goes looking for her. She finds Mimi at home, distraught over the death of her father, who has taken his own life after losing the family’s savings in a fraudulent investment scheme. Moved to avenge this tragedy and recover the stolen money, Ava launches an investigation that takes her to cities on three continents. As she tracks the money, Ava is thrust into the underworld of illegal diamond trading, international drug smuggling, and the world’s most secretive offshore banking haven. Along the way, a number of Ava’s old friends offer their assistance—from her business partner, May Ling Wong, to her ge ge, the Mountain Master of Shanghai, Xu. Most poignant of all, Ava is visited in her dreams by Uncle, who offers her much-needed guidance as she confronts a new face of power and corruption.

Author : Elaine Chiew
Publisher : Myriad Editions
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912408375

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The Heartsick Diaspora by Elaine Chiew Pdf

Set in different cities around the world, Elaine Chiew's award-winning stories travel into the heart of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves. In the title story, four writers find their cultural bonds of friendship tested when a handsome young Asian writer joins their group. In other stories, a brother searches for his sister forced to serve as a comfort woman during World War Two; three Singaporean sisters run a French gourmet restaurant in New York; a woman raps about being a Tiger Mother in Belgravia; and a filmmaker struggles to document the lives of samsui women—Singapore's thrifty, hardworking construction workers. > Acutely observed, wry and playful, her stories are as worldly and emotionally resonant as the characters themselves. This fabulous debut collection heralds an exciting new literary voice.

Author : Alfian Sa'at
Publisher : Ethos Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789811404733

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Corridor: 12 Short Stories by Alfian Sa'at Pdf

Corridor is a collection of short stories all set in present-day Singapore. With unsentimental clarity and heartbreaking honesty, Alfian Sa’at writes about HDB dwellers – students, housewives and factory workers, whose lives begin to unravel once they discover that happiness is a fragile thing in a country obsessed with progress and success. The characters in each story find themselves in situations that offer them a ticket to hope and change: A video camera transforms the way a resentful daughter sees her widowed mother. A married couple receives free holiday tickets just when their luck seems to have run out. A girl encounters a transvestite on an MRT train ride who tells her that she looks like a famous singer. And a man enters a discotheque after a bitter divorce and re-learns the terror of falling in love all over again. Rich in authentic detail, with a sensitive ear for the vernacular, Corridor paints an elegiac, revealing portrait of contemporary Singaporeans who exist along the city’s corridors – haunted by lost loves, irrevocable childhoods and a deep longing to be free. Corridor won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1998. “Alfian’s stories are significant as they articulate with a critical eye the concerns of minorities, groups that do not or cannot fit the societal norms.” – Paul Tan, The Straits Times “His poet’s eye for freeze framing moments and his command of the language are still very much in evidence in the elegant turns of phrase and the flashes of poetic insight.” – Ong Sor Fern, The Straits Times "The magic of Alfian’s writing is no sleight of hand. It’s no illusion. It’s real.” – Haresh Sharma, playwright of Off Centre

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789794619643

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Anthology of Short Stories from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore by Anonim Pdf

The Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore anthology, a collection of twelve short stories by writers from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, indicates that literature connects nations, transcending geopolitical boundaries. For this anthology, writers and compositions that typically represented each nation were selected. Malaysia is represented by Azmah Nordin, S.M Zakir, Sri Diah, and Zakaria Ali; Indonesia is represented by Djenar Maesa Ayu, Oka Rusmini, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, and Sulfixa Ariska; and Singapore is represented by Rama Kannabiran, Suchen Christine Lim, Suratman Markasan, and Wong Meng Voon. Their writings are unique, featuring not only local aspirations but also imparting universal values, Literature aligns quintessential truths, chronicles the inner voice, and emphasises aspirations. In the context of regional ties, literature has great capacity to bind relationships through a mutual understanding of culture and shared values.

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Monsoon Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789814358842

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A Monsoon Feast: Short stories to celebrate the cultures of Kerala and Singapore by Shashi Tharoor Pdf

Across the seas, the winds blow between two lands, whispering back and forth what is seen, heard, tasted, smelt, felt in each place: the green trees, the tropical heat, the lush rain, the peoples of enterprise and culture, the aromas of different flavours and more. A Monsoon Feast is the point at which these winds intermingle, their conversation celebrating the best of what Singapore and Kerala (India) have to offer. "A Monsoon Feast" comprises seven short stories by renowned writers from Kerala and Singapore that provide deep insights on the various concerns and ways of life of both communities. The collection, featuring a foreword by author and poet Professor Kirpal Singh, includes stories by well-known author Shashi Tharoor, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning author of twelve books, including "The Great Indian Novel", and inaugural Singapore Literature Prize winner and popular author Suchen Christine Lim. Also featured are works by authors Felix Cheong, Jaishree Misra, O Thiam Chin, Anjali Menon and Verena Tay. A unique literary collaboration, "A Monsoon Feast" intimately connects the reader to the heart of two similar and yet different cultures.

Author : Damien Sin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Ghost stories, Singapore (English)
ISBN : 9810032439

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Classic Singapore Horror Stories by Damien Sin Pdf

Author : Low Kay Hwa
Publisher : Goody Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789810700621

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A Singapore Love Story by Low Kay Hwa Pdf

Listed as a national bestseller in Singapore for about half a year, A Singapore Love Story charts the tragic relationship of a couple trying to be together, ignoring the harsh knocks of reality. Can they bend reality for love, or will reality bend their lives? Print Book Price: RM45.89 / SGD$17.90 / USD$14.29 Note: Just like the physical copy, the novel starts with Chapter -5 followed by Chapter 1. Full Money-back Guarantee Your satisfaction is our priority. Don't like the story after purchasing it? Simply refund it from Google Play Book with a click (if purchase is made within seven days), or email us. No questions asked.