The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020

The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 PDF Author: Zhui Ning Chang
Publisher: Malaysian Writers Society
ISBN: 9671659950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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The Malaysian Writers Society presents a decade of quality short stories in The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020. A wish for better weather has unexpected consequences. A pianist finds an unlikely audience in her next-door neighbour. A girl attempts Mount Kinabalu only to regret it. Curated by editors Zhui Ning Chang and JY Tan, The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 spans the speculative and realist to thrillers and drama. It explores the bold new directions of contemporary Malaysian writing and hints at the new heights of our future national literature. The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 includes: Hugo Award winner Zen Cho; 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winner Saras Manickam; Fixi Novo Contest winners Terence Toh and Chua Kok Yee; and USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw.

The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020

The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 PDF Author: Zhui Ning Chang
Publisher: Malaysian Writers Society
ISBN: 9671659950
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Book Description
The Malaysian Writers Society presents a decade of quality short stories in The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020. A wish for better weather has unexpected consequences. A pianist finds an unlikely audience in her next-door neighbour. A girl attempts Mount Kinabalu only to regret it. Curated by editors Zhui Ning Chang and JY Tan, The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 spans the speculative and realist to thrillers and drama. It explores the bold new directions of contemporary Malaysian writing and hints at the new heights of our future national literature. The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English 2010–2020 includes: Hugo Award winner Zen Cho; 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winner Saras Manickam; Fixi Novo Contest winners Terence Toh and Chua Kok Yee; and USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw.

Tapau: The Best of Malaysian Food Writing 2000-2022

Tapau: The Best of Malaysian Food Writing 2000-2022 PDF Author: Wan Phing Lim
Publisher: Malaysian Writers Society
ISBN: 9671659993
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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A simple spice can open up meditations on love and life. In food, we find connection to one another, like a homesick student searching for the perfect cup of teh tarik. Yet, paradoxically, food is a polarizer, like a Muslim convert craving a pork bun. From tracing the origins of our hawker food to a love letter for Ipoh told in local favourites, these works are an eclectic mix of the Malaysian obsession with food. For all our differences, Malaysians find commonality in one thing: we want you to be well-fed. Savour these small packages of good writing, covering a wide array of foods to please every palate, from laksa and sambal telur belimbing to french fries and Bru coffee. Come for the carbs. Stay for the whole menu. Featuring work by award-winning author Elaine Chiew, DK Dutt Memorial Award founder Dipika Mukherjee, and celebrated professor and poet Dr Malachi Edwin Vethamani.

NutMag 8: Harmony

NutMag 8: Harmony PDF Author: Alif Zamri
Publisher: Malaysian Writers Society
ISBN: 6299502819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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When Malaysians talk about "harmony", most of the time they're referring to racial (and religious) harmony. Yet in this collection of 10 (plus 2!) works, we also explore the vast expanse of what harmony is: from being at peace with oneself, familial relations, and the cyclical nature of life. From office melodrama and musings at the laundromat to imaginative settings of fantasy, mythology and dystopia, our writers show us that harmony takes many forms. NutMag 8: Harmony also hosts the Muara Writing Prize winners for English and Bahasa Malaysia, organised with the George Town Literary Festival 2024.

The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English, 2010-2020

The Best of Malaysian Short Fiction in English, 2010-2020 PDF Author:
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ISBN: 9789671659946
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Reading Malaysian Literature in English

Reading Malaysian Literature in English PDF Author: Mohammad A. Quayum
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811650217
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Book Description
This book brings together fourteen articles by prominent critics of Malaysian Anglophone literature from five different countries: Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. It investigates the thematic and stylistic trends in the literary products of selected writers of the tradition in the genres of drama, fiction, and poetry, from its beginnings to the present, focusing mainly on the postcolonial themes of ethnicity, gender, diaspora, and nationalism, which are central to the creativity and imagination of these writers. The book explores the works of not just the established writers of the tradition but also those who have received little critical attention to date but who are equally gifted, such as Adibah Amin, Edward Dorall, Rehaman Rashid, and Huzir Suleiman. The chapters collectively address the challenges and achievements of writers in the English language in a country where English is widely used in daily life and yet marginalised in the creative domain to elevate the status of writings in the national language, i.e., Bahasa Malaysia. The book will demonstrate that in spite of such recurrent neglect of the medium, Malaysia has produced a number of outstanding writers in the language, who are comparable in creativity and craftsmanship to writers of other Anglophone traditions. The book will be of interest to readers and researchers of Malaysian literature, postcolonial literatures, minority literatures, gender studies, and Southeast Asian studies.

The Postcolonial Millennium

The Postcolonial Millennium PDF Author: Mohammad A. Quayum
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040012140
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189

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This book comprises a collection of essays that address a significant gap in the study of Malaysian Literature in English by exploring selected local and diasporic writings produced in the new postcolonial millennium, including works by established, emerging, and new writers. The literary developments in this new millennium have been substantial and are reflected in the production of new voices, viewpoints, themes, trends, styles, and forms. By articulating these changing postcolonial perspectives and conditions, the chapters in this volume can inform and enrich the study of nation, society, and culture in a globalized and hyperreal age. Tapping into the difference, diversity, and hybridity of 21st-century historicized and glocalized multicultural Malaysia, the millennium writings explore the changing identities and relations and their social, cultural, and political dimensions through the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class. By examining new, different, or changing ideas, forms, themes, and representations, this book considers the vital ways the millennium voices and viewpoints can potentially help us critically rethink and resituate postcolonial studies on Malaysia as they spotlight challenges and new directions in the field. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, and scholars in the field of Malaysian writing in English, Southeast Asian literature, Asian literature, diaspora, and literary studies. The chapters in the book were originally published as a special issue in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

Malaysian Literature in English

Malaysian Literature in English PDF Author: Mohammad A. Quayum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Malaysian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Palm-of-the-Hand Stories

Palm-of-the-Hand Stories PDF Author: Yasunari Kawabata
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374530491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283

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Collection of short stories written over the entire span of Kawabata's career. These stories, he felt, represented the essence of his art and reflect his abiding interest in the miniature, the wisp of plot reduced to the essential. --Adapted from publisher description.

Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass PDF Author: Ivy Ngeow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913584160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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From semitones to Semillon Blanc, Li-an's luck changes tune when she bags a job abroad. What's the catch? She is. Chicago, 1980. Cold, poor and starving, immigrant Li-an is a bad con artist and a brilliant musician. When she wows a mysterious Italian businessman in the Drake Hotel with her piano-pounding, she's snapped up to play in the sin city of Macau. In a heartbeat, she's there. With new killer clothes, her own pavilion in a private estate and a dinner show, she finds easy livin' not that easy. Trafficking and tongs sure ain't music to her ears. She's only just left her life of crime by coming to this beat. When her employer collapses in the pool at a party, Li-an knows it's no accident. She's trapped with no employment and no ticket home. Who is he and is it even a pizza restaurant? When danger comes pounding at the pavilion, Li-an desperately needs to save herself from the island's dark undercurrents. Will she find a way to escape alive? Heart of Glass is a standalone and also a sequel to White Crane Strikes. Fans of Lehane, Hammett and Chandler will love this wise-cracking and streetsmart thriller.

The Greenest Gecko

The Greenest Gecko PDF Author: Ploy Pirapokin
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 076539393X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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After an unusual public incident in which the frail, elderly president is revitalized, geckos are now considered to bring good luck. At the Ministry of Merit, Fon is secretly in charge of building the next Gecko Cannon for the family of president of Bankim’s eightieth birthday. She is honored to be assigned this duty and works diligently to create and deliver this extraordinary machine. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.