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This snapshot of a society in flux is a newly-translated early work by acclaimed novelist Yeng Pway Ngon, Cultural Medallion recipient and three-time winner of the Singapore Literature Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe original version of\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Lonely Face\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.citybookroom.com\/product-page\/%E5%AD%A4%E5%AF%82%E7%9A%84%E8%84%B8-%E8%8B%B1%E5%9F%B9%E5%AE%89\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citybookroom.com\/product-page\/%E5%AD%A4%E5%AF%82%E7%9A%84%E8%84%B8-%E8%8B%B1%E5%9F%B9%E5%AE%89\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e《孤寂的脸》\u003c\/a\u003ewas published in 1989. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-cke-eol=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42600074346714,"sku":"","price":15.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9344\/0730\/products\/81.jpg?v=1649342242"},{"product_id":"costume-by-yeng-pway-ngon","title":"Costume \/ by Yeng Pway Ngon","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated by Jeremy Tiang\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1910s, thirteen-year-old Leong Ping Hung comes to Singapore from China to seek his fortune. 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The earlier stories, written at a time when Yeng was known for his modernist poetry, exude solitude and melancholy, and deal with themes such as the wanton rebelliousness of youth, or the poet's shuttling between death and dream. From the 1970s onwards, he turned his attention to societal concerns— depicting a lonely writer who falls in love with one of his own characters, an unhappy man yearning for life abroad who ends up in a mental hospital, an unemployed man who finds joy in his friendship with a white bird, and another, who worries that he might turn into a flower. Other stories introduce us to a parrot who gets taken to court, an ant enamoured with his silhouette, and a disembodied mouth worshipped by the public. Sarcastic, darkly humorous and surreal, Yeng's writing depicts everyday life in all its absurdism and glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe original version of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNon-existent Lover and other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citybookroom.com\/product-page\/%E4%B8%8D%E5%AD%98%E5%9C%A8%E7%9A%84%E6%83%85%E4%BA%BA-%E8%8B%B1%E5%9F%B9%E5%AE%89\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.citybookroom.com\/product-page\/%E4%B8%8D%E5%AD%98%E5%9C%A8%E7%9A%84%E6%83%85%E4%BA%BA-%E8%8B%B1%E5%9F%B9%E5%AE%89\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e《不存在的情人》\u003c\/a\u003ewas published in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42603476320474,"sku":"9789811133855","price":15.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9344\/0730\/products\/131.jpg?v=1649400580"}],"url":"https:\/\/citybookroom.com\/en-tw\/collections\/%e5%9f%8e%e5%b8%82%e4%b9%a6%e6%88%bf%e7%bd%91%e5%ba%97\/%e5%8e%86%e5%8f%b2%e4%ba%ba%e6%96%87.oembed?page=4","provider":"City Book Room ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}