Status
Available
Genres
Publication
The Feminist Press at CUNY (2018), 220 pages
Description
"Short stories in which a grandfather gambles on the monsoon rains, a consort has a new assignment, a religious man struggles with his demons. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a girl from a small town who has become a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia's most notorious detention camp" --
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This is a connected set of stories and vignettes centered around the arrest of a young woman for controversial poetry in Malaysia. The connections with disappearance of a the daughter of an English man in the 1950s and the brief love affair of a Malaysian engineer with a white woman in NYC are
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clearer than that of the Muslim vigilante. The stories are glimpses merely, but not altogether lacking depth. Show Less
Awards
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Honor Book — Adult Fiction — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
220 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
1936932164 / 9781936932160
Local notes
fiction