{"product_id":"this-is-where-i-wont-be-alone","title":"This Is Where I Won't Be 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 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/ThisIsWhere-Sample.pdf?10449416085283184176\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/farisbooks.com\/book\/590\/This-Is-Where-I-Wont-Be-Alone\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e     \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.storytel.com\/sg\/en\/books\/1741029-This-Is-Where-I-Won-t-Be-Alone?utm_source=Epigram\u0026amp;utm_medium=ThisIsWhereIWontBeAlone\"\u003eListen to the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of twins tries desperately to survive their education. A sentient oyster ponders the concept of making time. An unemployed man devises a social experiment with ants. A runaway sees a vision. From the 1990’s to a future where people access information through chips implanted in their heads, from the Singaporean heartland to London, San Francisco and the moon, these stories hold in tension the strangeness of displacement and a deep yearning for connection in their relentless search for who and what to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of short stories really speaks to the experience of in-betweenness for people who don't feel as if they fully belong in the place they're supposed to call home. Inez Tan's perspective as somebody who straddles both insider and outsider status in Singapore gives the stories dimension, wit, and assuredness. It takes a bit of stepping back and observing from a distance, to be able to write truthfully about a place that feels familiar and foreign to many of us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Balli Kaur Jaswal, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/sugarbread?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=eba7b4bdf\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSugarbread\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, in \"My Book of the Year 2019\", \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/singaporeunbound.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/my-book-of-the-year-2019\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is much to admire about this collection: precision, humor, audacity. But what gives these stories depth is that, beneath the experimentation with form and tone is an emotional honesty that manifests in the telling details, in the occasional sentence that knocks you back, and in many of the stories' endings, which are often sudden and bracing and true. This is the first I've read of Tan's work, but it won't be the last.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Charles Yu, acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Sorry Please Thank You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“What is it like to be caught between several cultures? Inez Tan’s spare, observant stories brilliantly capture the complexities of navigating multiple generations and cultures while searching for love, community, and one's own identity. These are stories to cherish.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone is hilarious and heartbreaking on the nature of home, and on the fearsome and magnificent force of family, and especially about Singapore—a place as well as a state of mind, rendered with a devastating deadpan wit, enormous compassion and a furious love. This is a hugely impressive collection.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jim Shepard, Story Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“A beautifully well-written collection of poignant short stories about home and belonging. Inez Tan's heartwarming authenticity will touch the heart of every Singaporean reader, no matter which corner of the world we currently reside in.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ning Cai, bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.epigrambooks.sg\/products\/misdirection-book-one-of-the-savant-trilogy\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisdirection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a thrillingly inventive talent. Inez Tan’s stories of Singapore and Singaporeans—by turns knowingly affectionate and deeply affecting—positively shimmer with wit and insight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Ho Davies,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBooker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInez Tan\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Michigan, and is currently pursuing an MFA in poetry at the University of California, Irvine. Her work has appeared in \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eSoftblow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eRattle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the anthology \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eA Luxury We Must Afford\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci class=\"\"\u003eThis Is Where I Won’t Be Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut short story collection. Find her online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ineztan.com\/\" class=\"\"\u003eineztan.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12862116167793,"sku":"9789814785440","price":20.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/ThisIsWhere-CVF-300-2nd.jpg?v=1627027271","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-is-where-i-wont-be-alone","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}