LiteFM Book Rack
December 21, 2007 by haziamyperspective
News From Home - Chua Kok Yee, Shih-Li Kow and Rumaizah Abu Bakar.
Genre :Local
News from Home is the first book to carry the ‘Malaysian Literature in English’ sticker, a new initiative launched by Silverfish Books to promote Malaysian literature within the country and overseas. Chua Kok Yee, Shih-Li Kow and Rumaizah Abu Bakar contributed ten short stories each for this anthology. With their distinct Malaysian voice and styles News from Home explores vast range of themes, from love and isolation to revenge and death.
Find out about the perils of loving a man with six faces. Get to know the girl who leaves love letters on the beach. Imagine a woman spending her honeymoon alone. Face the wrath of a giant rat. The surreal existence of ghostly cat, talking knife and demonic stalker found their home in this collection, along with everyday characters like ambitious chef, disgruntled worker and lonely rich man.
Courtesy of Silverfish Books
