{"product_id":"state-of-emergency","title":"State Of Emergency","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for NUS Singapore History Prize 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of Singapore Literature Prize 2018, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nShortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSiew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to\nfight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian\njournalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed\nduring the Emergency. And in Singapore, Siew Li's niece Stella finds herself\naccused of being a Marxist conspirator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJeremy Tiang's debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of\nleftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It\nfollows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate\nthe choppy political currents of the region. What happens when the things that\ndivide us also bind us together?\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\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e’s writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\nGuardian, Esquire \u003c\/i\u003e(Singapore), \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrunken\nBoat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Literary\nReview Singapore \u003c\/i\u003eand the first two volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Epigram Book\nof Best New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe won the Golden Point Award in 2009 and has been\nshortlisted for the Iowa Review Award and American Short Fiction Prize. He\nhas also translated more than ten books from the Chinese, including work by You\nJin, Wong Yoon Wah, Yeng Pway Ngon, Yan Geling and Zhang Yueran, and has\nbeen awarded translation grants from PEN American Center, the National\nEndowment for the Arts (US) and the National Museum of Taiwanese Literature.\nJeremy’s plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Limehouse \u003c\/i\u003e(Yellow\nEarth, London), \u003ci\u003eFloating Bones \u003c\/i\u003e(The Arts House; translations\nof Han Lao Da and Quah Sy Ren one-acts) and \u003ci\u003eA Dream of Red\nPavilions \u003c\/i\u003e(Pan Asian Rep, NYC; adapted from the novel by Cao Xueqin).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44907695341775,"sku":"9789811700927","price":29.32,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_14fce26e-16aa-4d19-8b0a-a160955b4318.webp?v=1773302263","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/state-of-emergency","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}