{"product_id":"ten-sticks-and-one-rice","title":"Ten Sticks and One Rice","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\u003eWinner, Bronze, 7th International MANGA Awards 2014\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\/GN-TenSticks-Sample.pdf?532\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e |  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/274\/Ten-Sticks-and-One-Rice\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllegal bookie. Secret society member. Street hawker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeo Hock Seng is all these, and more. As Singapore transforms from a kampong to a cosmopolitan city, Hock Seng struggles to make sense of life and eke out a living, even as he finds his old ways and values increasingly challenged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Incredibly moving and rejuvenating…It has been a while since a book left me sobbing in the middle of the night.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Akshita Nanda, \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eThe artwork is able to convey the gravity of Hock Seng’s life and does a great job of fleshing out the changes in his face over the years..\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan\u003ethe graphic narrative is well worth reading, especially as it dovetails with the discourses of hypermodernization that have long seen associated with Singapore as one of the Asian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘tiger’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e economies. What is being lost in this relentless drive to become a global city, the narrative might seem to be elliptically asking? Hock Seng would tell us to make sure to look into the local past before we step so stridently into the global future.\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eStephen Hong, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/asianamlitfans.livejournal.com\/174341.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsian American Literature Fans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOh Yong Hwee\u003c\/strong\u003e is the CEO and Creative Director of Patroids Creative Works, a Singapore-based creative agency. He enjoys the challenge of conceptualising ideas that blend creativity and technology, and has won awards and accolades at the local, regional and international stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn July 2011, Yong Hwee and comic artist Koh Hong Teng were invited by \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e to imagine how a Singapore superhero would be like. Their co-creation was published in \u003cem\u003eLife!\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe earned his BSc in Computing from the University of London while serving as a naval officer in the Singapore Navy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKoh Hong Teng\u003c\/strong\u003e is a comics artist and painter based in Singapore. He published the two-volume \u003cem\u003eGone Case: A Graphic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e, Book 1 and 2, with writer Dave Chua in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In 2011, he received the Arts Creation Fund from Singapore’s National Arts Council in support of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/last-train-from-tanjong-pagar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Train at Tanjong Pagar\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe graphic novel \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/ten-sticks-and-one-rice\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Sticks and One Rice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, illustrated by Hong Teng and written by Oh Yong Hwee, was published by Epigram Books in November 2012 and won a Bronze Award at the 7th International MANGA Awards. Hong Teng has also produced comics and artwork for the National Library Board’s irememberSG project and Project LAVA respectively, and is an external examiner for final-year illustration projects at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He also illustrated a colouring book,\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/blks-nos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e Blks \u0026amp; Nos\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":804064407,"sku":"9789810731083","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/GN-TenSticks-CVF-300-reprint.jpg?v=1626946964","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/ten-sticks-and-one-rice","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}