num_pages: 228
description: Heartland explores the paradox of rootedness and rootlessness facing Singaporeans born after the Japanese Occupation. Wing, who has just been conscripted, is unable to reconcile his future but unwilling to dwell in the past. He finds his own meanings in an intense attachment to his surrounding landscape. Yet, as relationships and the years slip by him, Wing is irresistibly forced to question his own certainties and the wisdom of the people he values.
language: English
title: Heartland
titlecomplete: Heartland
genres: Novels, Fiction
ratings_count: 68
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Singapore Literature Prize
category: Fiction; Commendation
publisher: Snp Editions