This book is a collection of micro-fiction that beautifully captures the essence of Asia through intimate stories of family and travel. Chew Kok Chang's elegant and spare writing style brings alive the complex emotions of husbands, wives, and children dealing with upheaval in their lives. The stories are filled with twists and turns, making you question what is real and what is not. If you want to immerse yourself in the cultural landscape of Asia and experience the profound changes taking place in the region, this book is a must-read.

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Other Cities, Other Lives is a collection of micro-fiction from one of Singapore’s pioneer Chinese writers that features characters living through a time of volatile change in the region. Short travelogues are populated with swindlers and enterprising tour guides, where nothing is as it seems. Closer to home, husbands, wives and children are captured in a state of flux. Told in the elegant, spare style of a Chinese scholar, this is the first collection of Chew Kok Chang’s works to be translated into English.

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