Slow boat to China and other stories
By: Ng Kim Chew ; translated and edited by Carlos Rojas
Contributors: Rojas, Carlos, 1970- translator, editor
Series: Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan; Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780231168120
Subjects: Short stories; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Ng Kim Chew's stories are raw, rural, and rich with the traditions of his native Malaysia. They are also full of humor and spirit, demonstrating a deep appreciation for human ingenuity in the face of poverty, oppression, and exile. Ng Kim Chew creatively captures the riot of cultures that roughly coexist on the Malay Peninsula. In prose that is intimate and atmospheric, these stories depict the struggles of individuals torn between their ancestral and adoptive homes.
Table of contents: title: The disappearance of M --; title: Dream and swine and Aurora --; title: Death in the south --; title: Deep in the rubber forest --; title: Fish bones --; title: Allah's will --; title: Monkey butts, fire, and dangerous things --; title: Supplication --; title: Untouchable --; title: Slow boat to China --; title: Supplement --; title: Inscribed backs.