{"product_id":"the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-two","title":"The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/BNSSS2-Sample.pdf?17331253293047208091\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/231\/The-Epigram-Books-Collection-of-Best-New-Singaporean-Short-Stories\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egathers twenty-four of the finest stories from Singaporean writers published in 2013 and 2014, selected from hundreds published in journals, magazines, anthologies and single-author collections. These pieces examine life in Singapore, as well as beyond its borders to Toronto, California, Shanghai, Andhra Pradesh, Pyongchon and Paris, as well as to the distant past and the far future. Accompanying the stories are the editor’s introduction and an extensive list of honourable mentions for further reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Singapore’s fiction revival is on track! Thirty-five years after Robert Yeo’s landmark curation of the best national stories of his time, the project re-begins with a fresh slate of short fiction that rightly welcomes several new names. Jason Erik Lundberg has done an outstanding job of choosing stories you will want to return to—like rooms in the head—for years to come!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gwee Li Sui, author and illustrator of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/myth-of-the-stone\"\u003eMyth of the Stone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I recommend the \u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e, which showcases the best in contemporary Singaporean writing now, with a diverse multitude of local voices that tackle their subjects with tooth and claw, flair and finesse.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—O Thiam Chin, fiction writer, in “My Book of the Year”, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singaporepoetry.com\/2014\/12\/13\/my-book-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSingapore Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (series editor) is the fiction editor at Epigram Books. He was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/diary-of-one-who-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of One Who Disappeared: A Novella\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/most-excellent-and-lamentable\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMost Excellent and Lamentable: Selected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e picture book series (2012–2015); he is also the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012–2018), editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2008) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2004). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8823950979,"sku":"9789814615921","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/BNSSS-2-CVF-300.jpg?v=1444405224","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-two","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}