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In this Singapore Literature Prize-winning collection of stories, an aging Japanese ex soldier, ignorant about the horrors of the Japanese Occupation, returns to Singapore for a nostalgic visit; a young boy's sole contact with his father consists of a weekly meeting at McDonald's; and a hopeful employee tries to win over his tumour-stricken boss with traditional Chinese medicine. Set against the backdrop of Singapore's rapid development from the 1980s to the early 2000s, the poignant and witty stories in The Earnest Mask peel back the veneer of official history, revealing flashes of the personal stories buried beneath.
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About the Author:
Chia Hwee Pheng has published eight books in Chinese under the pen name, Xi Ni Er. He has received the S.E.A. Write Award and the National Book Development Council of Singapore's Book Award. In 2008, he was awarded Singapore's Cultural Medallion and his collected short stories won the Singapore Literature Prize. Currently he serves as president of the Singapore Association of Writers. This is his first book to be translated into English.
About the translators:
Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin are the translators of the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize-winning novel, Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu. Their translation of Chu T'ien-wen 's Notes of a Desolate Man won the American Literary Translators Association's National Translation Award in 2000.
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- PublisherEpigram Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 9810736592
- ISBN 13 9789810736590
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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