num_pages: 284
description: If you live near the jungle you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always clear. In the forest there is not a big gap between the two.A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework bossy aunties first love and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord and Chang E spins off into outer space the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora.Straddling the worlds of the mundane and the magical Spirits Abroad collects ten science fiction and fantasy stories with a distinctively Malaysian sensibility.
language: English
title: Spirits Abroad
publisher: FIXI Novo