Wong Meng Voon
Singapore: Epigram Books, 2012
ISBN: 9789810736613
From a coffee shop assistant to a multimillionaire, from a dissident exiled on Pulau Tekong to a pampered dog, this collection of stories explores the psyche of Singaporeans from all walks of life. With sarcastic wit, and using a mix of realism, magic-fantasy and satire, Cultural Medallion Award winner Wong Meng Voon exposes the city's underbelly and gives readers darkly humorous yet philosophical insights into the residents of this tiny red dot.
Wong Meng Voon is a writer, editor and academic who has published eleven collections of short stories and mini-fiction. An accomplished translator, Dr. Wong has been awarded the Translation Prize by the National Book Development Council of Singapore. For his contribution to Singaporean Literature and the Chinese mini-fiction form, he has been awarded Singapore's Cultural Medallion, the S.E.A. Write Award and China’s Life-long Achievement for World Chinese Mini-Fiction Award.
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