Singlit: Christine Chia

Description: Christine Chia is a personal and heartfelt Singlit writer. Alfian Sa'at praises The Law of Second Marriages, saying "This has to be one of my favourite poetry collections in recent times. The poems are wound and compact, speak of various cruelties not with woefulness but almost crystalline dispassion. Even if an episode was histrionic, its narration was shrewd and sober. This is a poet who can write about pain like a draughtsman using pin on skin."

Separation is the sequel to The Law of Second Marriages. With "terrifying sparseness and intensity", as Cyril Wong observes, Christine Chia threads together stories of the Separation between Singapore and Malaysia with the separation between her parents. Her searing vision, ambitious and intimate, opens up emotional spaces in unlikely places.

Consists of: The Law of Second Marriages (Like New), Separation (Like New)