One : the anthology / edited by Robert Yeo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yeo, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

1

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions ; Tarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A. : Marshall Cavendish Corp., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The short story is a form taken up with many local authors. One attempts to anthologise the Singaporean Short Story; featuring twenty-one stories from the likes of S. Rajaratnam, Catherine Lim, Minfong Ho, Kirpal Singh, Colin Cheong and Alfian Sa'at. Named to make a dramatic point, this anthology selects the best from each according to Robert Yeo-an established name in the local literary scene. At its heart, this one story is not intended to be representative of the author's oeuvre but to discover an instance where an author infuses a story with his or her personality or unique style. The chos

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Terrorist; The Expatriate; The Shoes Of My Sensei; The Leg Glance; Interrogating Photographs; A Beginning and a Middle Without an Ending; Lee Geok Chan; Amarjit's Whiskey Goes Awry; Gloria; Birds of Paradise; Everyday Will Be Sunday; The Phenwick Phenomenon; Painting the Tiger; Crossing Distance; Hell Hath No Fury; Poisson Ivy; The First Day; The Borrowed Boy; Bards By Numbers: The Fundamentals; Turning a Blind Eye; It's a Wonderful Lie; About the Authors and their Stories

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

981-4398-79-9

OCLC:

804665373