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“What I like about it is, firstly, that it’s told from the much-welcomed perspective of a Singaporean Indian. In Singapore, the other cultures do not tend to get as much space as the majority, which is the Singaporean Chinese perspective. It’s a wonderfully written, really witty work of fiction that is looking at parallel narratives. It’s a story of migration, firstly about a woman who moved to Singapore from India at a particular time in the 40s. Then it fast forwards to pretty much the present day, to 2014, and you get some wonderfully incisive depictions of contemporary living—things like office politics or just what it’s like to live in the city. There’s wonderful evocation of detail there. It’s quite understated. It’s handled really well.” Read more...
Sharlene Teo, Novelist