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“elaine chiew”

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  • The Light Between Us

    by Elaine Chiew ...
    When a present day archivist and a 1920s photographer forge an impossible bond across time, they try to maintain their love before the encroaching shadows of global warfare sever their connection forever'At once a love story, a meditation on photography, an elegant historical fiction, and a gripping tale that enchanted me to the very last page' Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom SpringAt work one ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Heartsick Diaspora

    and other stories

    by Elaine Chiew ...
    Set in different cities around the world, Elaine Chiew's award-winning stories travel into the heart of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves.In the title story, four writers find their cultural bonds of friendship tested when a handsome young Asian writer joins their group. In other stories, a brother ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cooked Up

    Food Fiction from Around the World

    by Elaine Chiew, Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni, Ben Okri, Pippa Goldschmidt, Roy Kesey, Krys Lee, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Nikesh Shukla ...
    Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. It is the essence of life and yet our relationships with one another can be most fraught at the dinner table. This perpetually fascinating subject has inspired a unique collection of fiction—including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and even a "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku)—from a wonderfully diverse and international ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    $13.99 CAD

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  • Around the World in 80 Trains

    A 45,000-Mile Adventure

    by Monisha Rajesh ...
    OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK: Moonlight Express, Monisha Rajesh's journey around the world by sleeper train'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael PalinFrom the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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  • The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories (Volume One)

    by Jason Erik Lundberg ...
    Series Book 1 - Best New Singaporean Short Stories
    In recent years, Singaporean literature has begun experiencing a sea change, with the short story form enjoying a renaissance. As a result, an explosion of short fiction with a Singaporean flavour has been produced to incredible effect, both by emerging and established writers. For the prose enthusiast, it is a very exciting time.The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • POSTCARDS FROM CHINA

    by Kirby Wright ...
    Prose, Poetry, and Photos set in China and Hong Kong. ... Read more

    $2.81 CAD

  • The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories (Volume Two)

    by Jason Erik Lundberg ...
    Series Book 2 - Best New Singaporean Short Stories
    The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two gathers twenty-four of the finest stories from Singaporean writers published in 2013 and 2014, selected from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. These pieces examine life in Singapore, as well as beyond its borders to Toronto, California, Shanghai, Andhra Pradesh, ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death Of A Perm Sec

    by Wong Souk Yee ...
    Death of a Perm Sec is a mystery about the demise of the permanent-secretary of the housing ministry, Chow Sze Teck, accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over his career. Set in 1980's Singapore, the novel examines the civil servant’s death, which first appears to be suicide by a cocktail of alcohol, morphine and Valium. But upon investigation by a CID inspector who might not be what ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories (Volume Five)

    by Balli Kaur Jaswal, Jason Erik Lundberg ...
    Series Book 5 - Best New Singaporean Short Stories
    The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five gathers the finest Singaporean stories published in 2019 and 2020, selected by guest editor Balli Kaur Jaswal from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Of Cats and Kings

    by Clare de Vries ...
    In the sequel to I & Claudius (Clare de Vries' journey across the USA with her beloved brown Burmese), our heroine travels through Burma and Thailand in search of a replacement for her dearly departed Claudius.In Burma, Clare learns the basic tenets of Buddhism and receives a liberal dousing at the annual Thingyan celebrations, but unfortunately, finds no cats. Instead, she finds nats at Mount ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • 17A Keong Saik Road

    by Charmaine Leung ...
    Mummy, why do you always have to leave for 17A…17A Keong Saik Road recounts Charmaine Leung’s growing-up years on Keong Saik Road in the 1970s when it was a prominent red-light precinct in Chinatown in Singapore. An interweaving of past and present narratives, 17A Keong Saik Road tells of her mother’s journey as a young child put up for sale to becoming the madame of a brothel in Keong Saik. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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