{"product_id":"stand-alone","title":"Stand Alone","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\u003eA thought-provoking and sometimes startling anthology which explores issues challenging Singaporeans: identity, emigration, education, cultural differences, class divisions, heritage, individualism…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStand Alone\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and highly-commended in the National Book Development Council Book Awards. The story ‘My Cousin Tim’ was selected for READ!Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Tay writes with the clarifty of mind of a Singaporean who is at peace with himself and who knows his own place. There is a centre of experience from which Tay draws to craft his characters, a centre which is identifiably Singaporean and yet which possesses the breath of vision of the universal. Stand Alone apparently marks the beginning of a new literary wave.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mary Loh in www.postcolonialweb.org\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Tay seeks to create a Singapore identity out of the brew of heterogeneous immigrants and indigenous Malays... [He] takes the stories and myths of all the people – from the Ramayana, the Bible, Chinese culture, et cetera – to retell, revise and requestion\/requisition them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Nazareth in World Literature Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Tay Seong Chee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a \u003c\/span\u003eSingaporean\u003cspan\u003e legal academic and former \u003c\/span\u003eNominated Member of Parliament\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApart from his academic and political interests Tay is a poet and author. His 2009 non-fiction book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsia Alone: The Dangerous Post-Crisis Divide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from America was reviewed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of Small Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the 2010 \u003c\/span\u003eSingapore Literature Prize\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His collection of short stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStand Alone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was awarded the Highly Commended prize from the National Book Development Council of Singapore Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123252244593,"sku":"9789814189316","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/stand-alone-simon-tay-00.jpg?v=1602762707","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/stand-alone","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}