{"product_id":"be-your-own-bae","title":"Be Your Own Bae","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA dozen short stories from the singular mind behind \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLovelier,\nLonelier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBeing your best, most authentic self can be a somewhat\ngrievous process. The winner of a beauty pageant bursts into flames the moment\nshe is crowned. A man enters a dream and re-encounters a former lover in\nPyongyang, North Korea. A gaggle of hipsters catches news of a secret Bon Iver\nconcert playing somewhere on Dempsey Hill, only to risk the survival of their\nfriendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam’s long-awaited first collection of short\nfiction combines magical realism, speculative autobiography and ekphrasis to\nweave illusory figures out of gung-ho millennials and the well-meaning mentor\nfigures who fail them, and unveils the strange quests queer folk must embark on\nin order to keep a hold on love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor of prose\nand poetry, born and based in Singapore. His novella, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShantih\nShantih Shantih\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2021), optioned for the screen by Fiction Shore,\nwas shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction and was\nsubsequently awarded by popular vote the Readers’ Favourite English Book; it\nwill be released in a new edition in 2025 by Epigram Books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe manuscript of his second novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLovelier,\nLonelier\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(2021), received a National Arts Council Creation Grant\nin 2017, and became a finalist for the 2021 \u003cb\u003eEpigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e;\nthe published work was then nominated by the National Library Board for the\n2023 International Dublin Literary Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis first novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2016),\nwas longlisted for the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize and was released\nby Epigram Books in Singapore and the UK; it was selected by \u003ci\u003eThe\nBusiness Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best novels of 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis writing has also appeared in periodicals and\npublications such as \u003ci\u003eBerlin Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMekong Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSewanee\nReview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBest New\nSingaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44907695472847,"sku":"9789815105346","price":22.78,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_9c660b64-2270-44d1-adc5-792a8021a401.webp?v=1773302590","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/be-your-own-bae","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}