Relentlessly original fictions exploring Singaporean identity.
This book is a must-read for anyone seeking a fresh and unique perspective on Singapore and its people. Amanda Lee Koe's collection of stories delves into the complexities of Singaporean identity with relentless originality. From a Pop Yé-yé singer with a faulty heart to a high-stakes fantasy involving a TV hit serial, Koe's imaginative storytelling captivates readers with its heartfelt and sexy portrayal of a world filled with moral relativism, prestige anxiety, and the desperate need for human connection. Through striking prose, this extraordinary debut explores the infinite possibilities of understanding Singapore and its denizens, making it a truly remarkable read.
ISBN: 9789814757584
Authors:
Amanda Lee Koe
Publisher: Epigram Books
Date of Publication: 2016-11-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.1
(rated by 3619 readers)
Description
• Winner of the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction• Winner of the 2016 Singapore Book Award for Best Fiction• Selected by The Business Times as one of the Top 10 English Singapore books from 1965–2015Meet an over-the-hill Pop Yé-yé singer with a faulty heart, two conservative middle-aged women holding hands in the Galápagos, and the proprietor of a Laundromat with a penchant for Cantonese songs of heartbreak. Rehash national icons: the truth about racial riot fodder-girl Maria Hertogh living out her days as a chambermaid in Lake Tahoe, a mirage of the Merlion as a ladyboy working Orchard Towers, and a high-stakes fantasy starring the still-suave lead of the 1990s TV hit serial The Unbeatables.Heartfelt and sexy, the stories of Amanda Lee Koe encompass a skewed world fraught with prestige anxiety, moral relativism, sexual frankness, and the improbable necessity of human connection. Told in strikingly original prose, these are fictions that plough, relentlessly, the possibilities of understanding Singapore and her denizens discursively, off-centre. Ministry of Moral Panic is an extraordinary debut collection and the introduction of a revelatory new voice.
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