Bitter Root Sweet Fruit

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet - Aristotle

The theme for the 2018 D.K. Dutt Award for Literary Excellence was knowledge and education and Bitter Root Sweet Fruit pulls together the best stories submitted for the competition and includes the winning entry by Bathmaloshanee M., and stories by runners-up Ling Low and Sumitra Selvaraj.

Here are stories about teachers, sometimes wise and caring, but more often deeply flawed and of young people struggling to obtain an education against the odds. Whether it is learning to make the perfect chicken curry or coming to terms with important life truths these Malaysian writers, both new and established, share stories that are fresh and inventive.

A dock brief pupil gains an uncomfortable insight into how the poor are disadvantaged in the legal system; a young man learns how to become a confidence trickster; and a small boy goes on a cosmic journey to learn the answer to his question about a Hindu deity. Elsewhere a mother teaches her child in an underground bunker; a medical student struggles to acquire the manual dexterity she needs to become a doctor; and a speech therapist longs to reach out to a handicapped boy kept locked in a shed by his parents.

The book celebrates the life of D K Dutt who was himself a passionate teacher.

Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Word Works

Release: November 26, 2017

ISBN 13: 9789671029244

Bitter Root Sweet Fruit

Raidah Shah Idil

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Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Word Works

Release: November 26, 2017

ISBN 13: 9789671029244

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Audrey

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Sep 20, 2024

Enjoyed the short stories in this book. Heartwarming and there's something special reading stories set in one's home country. Will definitely look for more Malaysian writers in future. Thanks, Sharon Bakar, for the book.
Kasthoori

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Sep 20, 2024

A collection of heartwarming stories - Datuk, Children of Heaven, Stars and many more. A must read for Malaysians.
Seetha Ravindran

(3/5)

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Sep 20, 2024

Heart warming collection of short stories by our local authors. Great one indeed.
Annapoorni

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Sep 20, 2024

Book- Bitter Root, Sweet FruitPublisher-Genre- Anthology of Short StoriesMy Rating-3⭐ A collection of short stories from Malaysia, a collection that reflects the country's multifaceted culture, ethnicity and people. It was interesting to know more about the culture, the dialect etc.I especially liked 3 stories in the collection- Children of Heaven, Appa's mutton curry , Does Ganesha Poo and Trail.@sareesandstories is a person whom I follow on Instagram. Appa's mutton curry is her short story. Th...
KV

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Sep 20, 2024

I would like to thank the editor Sharon Bakar for choosing me as a winner for giveaway copy for this book. This book is a collection of 22 short stories. The stories were written in a simple words & easy to read though I feel slightly uncomfortable to read a text in Manglish version.The stories were good & I particularly enjoyed,"I Thought I Never Could" by Adibah Abdullah & The New English Teacher by Grace Huey.
Marc Faoite

(4/5)

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Sep 20, 2024

Launched at this year’s George Town Literary Festival in Malaysia in late November, ‘Bitter Root Sweet Fruit’ is the second volume of writing arising from the D.K. Dutt Award for Literary Excellence. The previous anthology, entitled Champion Fellas, and also compiled and edited by Sharon Bakar and Dipika Mukherjee, featured stories around the theme of sport. The theme for this latest collection is ‘Knowledge and Education.’ As such it is unsurprising that many of the stories are set in schools,
Elisa

(5/5)

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Sep 20, 2024

Five stars! I love some of the stories. Very inspiring and makes you think about your life. Great writings too! -Won in a Goodreads giveaway

Audrey

(4/5)

Sep 20, 2024

Enjoyed the short stories in this book. Heartwarming and there's something special reading stories set in one's home country. Will definitely look for more Malaysian writers in future. Thanks, Sharon Bakar, for the book.

Kasthoori

(5/5)

A collection of heartwarming stories - Datuk, Children of Heaven, Stars and many more. A must read for Malaysians.

Seetha Ravindran

(3/5)

Heart warming collection of short stories by our local authors. Great one indeed.

Annapoorni

Book- Bitter Root, Sweet FruitPublisher-Genre- Anthology of Short StoriesMy Rating-3⭐ A collection of short stories from Malaysia, a collection that reflects the country's multifaceted culture, ethnicity and people. It was interesting to know more about the culture, the dialect etc.I especially liked 3 stories in the collection- Children of Heaven, Appa's mutton curry , Does Ganesha Poo and Trail.@sareesandstories is a person whom I follow on Instagram. Appa's mutton curry is her short story. Th...

I would like to thank the editor Sharon Bakar for choosing me as a winner for giveaway copy for this book. This book is a collection of 22 short stories. The stories were written in a simple words & easy to read though I feel slightly uncomfortable to read a text in Manglish version.The stories were good & I particularly enjoyed,"I Thought I Never Could" by Adibah Abdullah & The New English Teacher by Grace Huey.

Marc Faoite

Launched at this year’s George Town Literary Festival in Malaysia in late November, ‘Bitter Root Sweet Fruit’ is the second volume of writing arising from the D.K. Dutt Award for Literary Excellence. The previous anthology, entitled Champion Fellas, and also compiled and edited by Sharon Bakar and Dipika Mukherjee, featured stories around the theme of sport. The theme for this latest collection is ‘Knowledge and Education.’ As such it is unsurprising that many of the stories are set in schools,

Elisa

Five stars! I love some of the stories. Very inspiring and makes you think about your life. Great writings too! -Won in a Goodreads giveaway

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