{"product_id":"the-gatekeeper","title":"The Gatekeeper","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\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 of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title \u0026amp; Best Book Cover Design\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize 2018, Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sample\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/The_Gatekeeper_sample.pdf?16832603382753495451\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/563\/The-Gatekeeper\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e    \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/1794812-The-Gatekeeper?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=TheGatekeeper\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen young medusa Ria inadvertently turns an entire village to stone, she and her older sister flee to Nelroote, an underground settlement populated by other non-humans also marginalised by society. There she becomes their gatekeeper, hoping to seek redemption and love…until her friendship with a man from above threatens to dismantle the city she swore to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Norasid's novel holds up a mirror to Singaporean society and pries our eyes open to the realities of our racial complacencies. Drawing on the lessons from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we learn to see again.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Wong Wen Pu,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.asiancha.com\/content\/view\/2873\/630\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCha: An Asian Literary Journal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hEwVqXl3Y0E?ecver=1\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNuraliah Norasid\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and educator with a PhD in Creative Writing from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where she currently teaches writing and communication. Her work, primarily in speculative fiction, occasionally delves into realism and has appeared in various publications, including \u003cem\u003eWasafiri,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/fish-eats-lion-redux-more-new-singaporean-speculative-fiction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Eats Lion Redux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/singa-pura-pura-malay-speculative-fiction-from-singapore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSinga Pura-Pura\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMynah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Gatekeeper\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2016 and was named Best Fiction Title at the Singapore Book Awards in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNuraliah enjoys exploring neighbourhoods, walking along park connectors and playing video games. She also has a passion for dinosaurs, rocks and cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36211388940,"sku":"9789811700903","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/EBFP-Gatekeeper_CVF_300_logo.jpg?v=1627023382","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-gatekeeper","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}