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Noon at Five O'Clock: The Short Stories of Arthur Yap
Arthur Yap
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Description for Noon at Five O'Clock: The Short Stories of Arthur Yap
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971697914
SKU
V9789971697914
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Arthur Yap
Arthur Yap (1943-2006) was one of Singapore's most important poets. He was also a painter and a writer of short stories. In 1983, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion for his contributions to literature in Singapore. Angus Whitehead is Assistant Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. ... Read more
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