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Under The Bed, Confusion

by Wong Meng Voon
RM50.00 MYR
Under The Bed, Confusion
Under The Bed, Confusion

Singapore’s psyche exposed through surreal, satirical miniatures

If you enjoy sharp, unconventional stories, these mini-fictions offer a vivid glimpse beneath Singapore’s polished surface. Wong Meng Voon blends fantasy, satire, and dark humour to make ordinary characters feel revealingly strange. Howard Goldblatt’s translation brings their philosophical bite to readers with clarity and wit.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Under The Bed, Confusion

by Wong Meng Voon
RM50.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9789810736613
Authors: Wong Meng Voon
Publisher: Epigram Books
Date of Publication: 2012-11-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Philosophy, Asian Literature, Magical Realism, Literature, Mythology
Goodreads rating: 3.5
(rated by 6 readers)

Description

The stories in Under the Bed, Confusion sketch a vast array of characters: from an aging coffee shop assistant struggling on her first day at work to a multimillionaire obsessed with crossing the fourth hurdle; from a dissident doctor exiled on the island of Pulau Tekong to a pampered, carefree mutt. Using elements of the fantastical and the satirical, this collection of mini-fiction probes Singapore’s underbelly with sarcastic wit, revealing darkly humorous and philosophical insights into the many facets of her people’s collective psyche.Wong Meng Voon is a writer, editor and academic who has written eleven books of short stories and mini-fiction in Chinese. For his contribution to Singaporean literature and the Chinese mini-fiction form, he was awarded Singapore’s Cultural Medallion in 1981, the S.E.A. Write Award and China’s Lifelong Achievement for World Chinese Mini-stories Award. He has also been awarded the Translation Prize by the National Book Development Council of Singapore. Howard Goldblatt is the translator of Nobel Prize Winner Mo Yan's work and more than thirty novels and short story collections by writers from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. His translations of Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem, Su Tong’s The Boat to Redemption and co-translation of Bi Feiyu’s Three Sisters have all won the Man Asian Literary Prize.
 

Singapore’s psyche exposed through surreal, satirical miniatures

If you enjoy sharp, unconventional stories, these mini-fictions offer a vivid glimpse beneath Singapore’s polished surface. Wong Meng Voon blends fantasy, satire, and dark humour to make ordinary characters feel revealingly strange. Howard Goldblatt’s translation brings their philosophical bite to readers with clarity and wit.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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