{"product_id":"kappa-quartet","title":"Kappa Quartet","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards 2017 (Best Book Cover Design)\u003cbr\u003eEpigram Books Fiction Prize 2015 Longlist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/KappaQuartet_Sample.pdf\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/560\/Kappa-Quartet\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/910606-Kappa-Quartet?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=KappaQuartet\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin is a young man without a soul, holidaying in Tokyo; Mr Five, the enigmatic kappa, is the man he so happens to meet. Little does Kevin know that kappas—the river demons of Japanese folklore—desire nothing more than the souls of other humans. Set between Singapore and Japan, \u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e is split into eight discrete sections, tracing the rippling effects of this chance encounter across a host of other characters, connected and bound to one another in ways both strange and serendipitous. Together they ask one another: what does it mean to be in possession of something nobody has seen before?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Yam breaks new ground in Singaporean writing with his exploration of what it means to live in this weary world, to be human, to possess (or not possess) a soul. Weaving the stories of his characters into an intricate mosaic of love and yearning and heartache and loss and death and everything else intrinsically meaningful, Kappa Quartet is a shimmering and poignant novel, an immensely sympathetic and humane exploration of our existential condition.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—Quarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.qlrs.com\/critique.asp?id=1295\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVol. 15 No. 4\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Atmospheric, surreal and masterfully told through an off-kilter cast of characters lost and lonely, this exciting new read comes from the longlist of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/singapore-shelf-12\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e—The Straits Times\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Located somewhere between the shattered filmic worlds of David Lynch and Satoshi Kon's apocalyptic anime, Yam's narrative hypnotises us into questioning our reality in ways that are terrifying, revelatory and fundamentally profound.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ten-things-my-father-never-taught-me\" title=\"Buy now\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Things My Father Never Taught Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Irreal and intricate, Daryl Yam's riveting debut teases the perimeters of what a Singaporean novel can be.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Amanda Lee Koe, award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/ministry-of-moral-panic\" title=\"Buy now\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMinistry of Moral Panic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e builds on the promise of Daryl Yam's short stories, and confirms that he is an author to watch. And read!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—David Peace, Granta Best Young British Novelist and author of \u003cem\u003eTokyo Year Zero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaryl Qilin Yam\u003c\/strong\u003e is a co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eSingPoWriMo\u003c\/em\u003e anthology series, a director at Sing Lit Station, and a stageplay producer at Take Off Productions. He holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick, and spent a year in Japan studying at the University of Tokyo. His prose and poetry have been published in a number of anthologies and literary journals. \u003cem\u003eKappa Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29724125452,"sku":"9789814757751","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/EBFP-KappaQuartet-CVF-300.png?v=1626923098","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/kappa-quartet","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}