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Anthologies aren't really the first thing I would pick off a shelf. But Wena Poon's writing impressed me. Just to correct not all of the stories are set in Singapore. A bit of confusion there. The start of this collection was not good. Many of the stories were hard to relate, pointless and abrupt. The stories that I could connected with were Foreign and Domestic by Kirstin Chen, it gave a new perspective to domestic workers. Next was The Crocodile Prince by Ng Yi-Sheng which I really enjoyed. Ot...
this is a hard book to review just because it’s such an eclectic mix of stories, but i guess it’s meant to be. it did expose me to a lot of new singaporean authors though. i realised i have never read a piece of joshua ip’s writing. also it really shows the trends in singlit like foreigners/immigrants and class divide and So so so much sex i think we are a very sexually repressed people. favourites: I m d 1 in 10 (Victor Fernando R. Ocampo), Tenali Raman Redux (Jennani Durai), Mama at Owen Road
I'll admit, I had pretty low expectations going into this. Shamefully, I've never really read a book from Singaporean writers before so I didn't know what to expect.I was very pleasantly surprised to find the high quality of short stories in store! My two favourites were Meat Bone Tea by Stephanie Ye and The Judge by Claire Tham.Definitely gonna actively search for more SingLit books now :)
