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Beschreibung
"State of Emergency is a compelling, important piece of work from one of Singapore's finest living authors." -The Straits Times
Siew Li leaves her husband and young children to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency, while Siew Li’s son uncovers the truth of his family’s past. Informed by years of painstaking research, Jeremy Tiang’s debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region.
State of Emergency questions whether we can grasp the truth after the fact. And yet, in the very telling of its interlocking stories, it reaffirms the importance of trying.
"State of Emergency is a compelling, important piece of work from one of Singapore's finest living authors." -The Straits Times
Siew Li leaves her husband and young children to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency, while Siew Li’s son uncovers the truth of his family’s past. Informed by years of painstaking research, Jeremy Tiang’s debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region.
State of Emergency questions whether we can grasp the truth after the fact. And yet, in the very telling of its interlocking stories, it reaffirms the importance of trying.
Über den Autor

Jeremy Tiang won the Singapore Literature Prize for his
novel State of Emergency, and was shortlisted for the same prize for his
short story collection It Never Rains on National Day. He has translated
over thirty books from Chinese, including Zhang Yueran's Cocoon for
World Editions, which won the Singapore Literature Prize. He also writes and
translates plays -- most recently Salesman之死, which was staged
at New York's Connelly Theater and received an Obie Award. Originally from
Singapore, he now lives in New York City.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781642861549
ISBN-10: 1642861545
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Tiang, Jeremy
Hersteller: World Editions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Tiang
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2025
Gewicht: 0,366 kg
Artikel-ID: 133218353

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