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  • Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One

    (By Jason Erik Lundberg)

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    Author Jason Erik Lundberg
    “Book Descriptions: Singaporean literature has begun experiencing a sea change, with the short story form enjoying a renaissance. As a result, an explosion of short fiction with a Singaporean flavour has been produced to incredible effect, both by emerging and established writers. For the prose enthusiast, it is a very exciting time.

    The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One curates the finest short fiction from Singaporean writers published in 2011 and 2012. This ground-breaking and unique anthology showcases stories that examine various facets of the human condition and the truths that we tell ourselves in order to exist in the everyday. The styles are as varied as the authors, and no two pieces are alike. Here are twenty unique and breathtaking literary insights into the Singaporean psyche, which examine what it means to live in this particular part of the world at this particular time.

    Contents:

    Introduction | Jason Erik Lundberg
    The Tiger of 142B | Dave Chua
    The Hearing Aid | Vinita Ramani Mohan
    The Illoi of Kantimeral | Alvin Pang
    Lighthouse | Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
    Seascrapers | Stephanie Ye
    Because I Tell | Felix Cheong
    Sleeping | O Thiam Chin
    Agnes Joaquim, Bioterrorist | Ng Yi-Sheng
    The Dispossessed | Karen Kwek
    Harmonious Residences | Jeremy Tiang
    Randy’s Rotisserie | Amanda Lee Koe
    The Protocol Wars of Laundry and Coexistence | Koh Choon Hwee
    Zero Hour | Cyril Wong
    Walls | Verena Tay
    Copies | Eleanor Neo
    Welcome to the Pond | Wei Fen Lee
    Scared For What | Ann Ang
    Joo Chiat and Other Lost Things | Justin Ker
    Anniversary | Phan Ming Yen
    The Borrowed Boy | Alfian Sa’at ”

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