Catherine Lim ist eine gefeierte singapurische Autorin, deren Werk tief in das Gefüge ihrer Gesellschaft eintaucht und das Zusammenspiel von modernem Leben und traditioneller chinesischer Kultur erforscht. Durch ihre scharfen Beobachtungen und ihre einfühlsame Prosa fängt sie die Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und die Nuancen des sozialen Wandels ein. Lims Fähigkeit, die subtilen Feinheiten der menschlichen Natur darzustellen und gesellschaftliche Normen kritisch zu untersuchen, macht sie zu einer bedeutenden Stimme in der zeitgenössischen Literatur.
Im Singapur der 50er Jahre wird die kleine Hu von ihren Eltern als Dienstmädchen an eine der reichsten Familien der Stadt verkauft. Für die intelligente wie eigensinnige Hu lässt sich ihr neues Leben nur durch die Liebe zum Sohn des Hauses ertragen.
Catherine Lim at her best, celebrating and skewering what makes us Singaporean
Story is set to the backdrop of 1950's Malaya, at the height of communist guerilla activity. A married chinese women, Mei Kwei falls in love with a priest who saves the wowen caught with Mei's husband from public embarressment.
Original new stories from a well-established and internationally recognised Asian writer- A collection of eighteen easy-to-read and captivating stories- Tales of the supernatural that will fascinate and enthral readers
An evergreen of Singapore literature! A literary exploration of one of Singapore's favourite genres: the supernatural
'It was a special protection from the gods that Silver Frond's beauty manifested itself only after the barbarians had left...A beautiful child-woman, in that intriguing in-between stage when people could not tell where innocence ended and seductiveness began, and were charmed by both.' One morning in Singapore more than fifty years ago, a wealthy, respected, handsome Chinese patriarch, head of a large household of three wives and many children and grandchildren, takes a walk by a cemetery. There, a young village egg-seller, Silver Frond, is amusing herself with a comic song-and-dance act based on popular gossip - about him. The meeting instantly changes their lives. With characteristic verve and wit, Catherine Lim traces the struggles of an unusual couple through the jungle of human quandaries and predicaments created by the force of tradition, and celebrates the ultimate triumph of an even more extraordinary force - love.