Lion City
Author | : Ng Yi-Sheng |
Publisher | : Epigram Books |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789811700750 |
ISBN-13 | : 9811700753 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: --Co-Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction)-- --Winner of the 2019 Singapore Book Awards Best Literary Work-- A man learns that all the animals at the Zoo are robots. A secret terminal in Changi Airport caters to the gods. A prince falls in love with a crocodile. A concubine is lost in time. The island of Singapore disappears. These are the exquisitely strange tales of Lion City, the first collection of short fiction by award-winning poet and playwright Ng Yi-Sheng. Infused with myth, magical realism and contemporary sci-fi, each of these tales invites the reader to see this city-state in a new and darkly fabulous light.