Latha
Singapore: Epigram Books, 2014
ISBN: 9789814615143
No longer silenced, the voices of Tamil women within Singaporean literature are given a powerful outlet by Latha, in her first collection of stories to be translated into English. The old lady forced to move because of an en bloc sale; the socially anxious student unable to leave her rented room because of a funeral in the house; the religious devotee taken over during a spiritual re-enactment; the daughter caring for her terminally ill mother; and the enigmatic Alyssa, who lives with her grandparents on Pulau Ubin as a child, and must deal with incredible physical loss as an adult. Culled from and expanding upon Naan Kolai Seyum Penkal, winner of the Singapore Literature Prize in 2008, When the Goddesses Die entertains and elucidates, covering a broad range of social issues with grace and irreverence.
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