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Noon at Five O'Clock

by Arthur Yap
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Noon at Five O'Clock
Noon at Five O'Clock

Sparse Singaporean stories where ambiguity quietly haunts.

You’ll enjoy these deceptively simple tales if you appreciate open-ended fiction. Arthur Yap transforms everyday Singaporean lives into strange, unsettling encounters. The recovered collection also offers valuable insight into Singapore’s social change.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Noon at Five O'Clock

by Arthur Yap
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ISBN: 9789971697914
Authors: Arthur Yap
Publisher: NUS Press
Date of Publication: 2014-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.12
(rated by 34 readers)

Description

A schoolboy time travels in a strange old shop house. A child with Down's Syndrome is run over chasing a balloon seller. An older sister tightly slaps her theatrical younger sister. A soul fatally forgets its wayang performer owner. With his signature minimalistic style, Arthur Yap simultaneously perplexes readers with stories of seemingly plotless ambiguity, yet draws them in with familiar characters playing out situations that still resonate in twenty-first century Singapore. The volume marks the recovery and first combined publication of the stories of Arthur Yap, one of Singapore's most accomplished and important writers. A hitherto neglected facet of Yap's opus, his eight stories are deceptive in their simplicity, housing within their sparse prose a complex engagement with Singapore society. Angus Whitehead's introduction highlights literary nuances in the stories and frames them within the wider backdrop of social change of Singapore at the time of Yap's writing. The meticulous critical apparatus make this book of interest to not only the general reader but also students of Singapore and Southeast Asian literature in English.
 

Sparse Singaporean stories where ambiguity quietly haunts.

You’ll enjoy these deceptively simple tales if you appreciate open-ended fiction. Arthur Yap transforms everyday Singaporean lives into strange, unsettling encounters. The recovered collection also offers valuable insight into Singapore’s social change.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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