{"product_id":"fierceland","title":"Fierceland","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter many years abroad, Roz and Harun return to Malaysian Borneo for the funeral of their father Yusuf – and to reckon with their inheritance. A renowned palm-oil baron during Malaysia’s economic rise, Yusuf built the family’s immense wealth by destroying huge tracts of rainforest. What his children know is that he was also responsible for the violent disappearance of a man who stood in his way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarun has become a successful tech entrepreneur in Los Angeles, Roz is an artist struggling to stay afloat in Sydney. Now they want to return something their father stole from the forests of their homeland. In their quest for redemption they grapple with the legacy of power and corruption, dreamers and exiles, thugs and zealots. Most dangerous of all, they are haunted – by the ghosts of colonialism, the ghosts of family, the ghosts of language, and the ghosts of the forest itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA trailblazing journey across the globe, \u003cem\u003eFierceland\u003c\/em\u003e weaves the past and the present into an emotionally powerful family saga that plays out at a mythical scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOmar Musa\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, poet, rapper, and visual artist, based between Brooklyn and Borneo. He has released three poetry books (including \u003cem\u003eKillernova\u003c\/em\u003e), four hip hop records, and written an acclaimed one man play, \u003cem\u003eSince Ali Died\u003c\/em\u003e. He was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Novelists of the Year in 2015 for his novel \u003cem\u003eHere Come the Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e. He received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. Omar’s book of poetry and woodcut art \u003cem\u003eKillernova\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin Random House Australia, 2021) explored themes such as borderlessness, South-East Asian colonial history, ancestral legacies, seafaring, islands, oceans, addiction, and race in Australia. It celebrated his unexpected journey into woodcut prints under the tutelage of punk rock\/activist collective Pangrok Sulap in his homeland of Malaysian Borneo. \u003cem\u003eKillernova\u003c\/em\u003e won the Special Book Award at ACT Notable Book Awards, was longlisted for Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and Highly Commended for the ACT Book of The Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, Omar wrote a one man play, \u003cem\u003eSince Ali Died\u003c\/em\u003e, for Griffin Theatre Company, about the death of his childhood hero Muhammad Ali. It was an exploration of his relationship with Islam, Australian racism, friendship, and addiction. Musa did a critically acclaimed national tour of \u003cem\u003eSince Ali Died\u003c\/em\u003e in venues such as Melbourne Arts Centre, Sydney Festival, Brisbane Festival, Canberra Theatre, OzAsia Festival in Adelaide and Darwin Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmar’s debut novel, \u003cem\u003eHere Come the Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin Australia, The New Press USA, 2014\/2015), explored themes such as Australian racism, powerlessness, and masculinity. \u003cem\u003eHere Come the Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e won the People’s Choice Award at the ACT Book of Year Awards, was long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing and the South Australian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmar has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints, including \u003cem\u003eAll My Memories Are Mistranslations\u003c\/em\u003e at Humble House Gallery in Canberra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmar has performed at venues such as the Brixton Academy in London, Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City and The National Museum in Brasilia, Brazil and appeared at international writers festivals such as Sydney Writers Festival (Australia), Read My World Festival (Netherlands), Lagos International Poetry Festival (Nigeria), Edinburgh International Book Festival (Scotland), Toronto International Festival of Authors (Canada), Makassar International Writers Festival (Indonesia), among others. He has performed alongside writers such as Ocean Vuong, Irvine Welsh, and Kae Tempest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507228930345,"sku":"9789815351040","price":27.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815351040_9bc6bcdd-231d-4173-bee4-6145084bbb1c.jpg?v=1769430924","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/fierceland","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}