The lies that build a marriage : stories of the unsung, unsaid and uncelebrated in Singapore / Suchen Christine Lim.
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TextPublisher: Singapore : Monsoon, c2007Description: 215 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789810587130 [newsprint]; 9810587139Subject(s): Fiction / Short storiesOnline resources: Contributor biographical information | Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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College Library | 823 L62li 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000019438 |
Short stories.
"Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize"--Cover.
The morning after -- My two mothers -- Usha and my third child -- The lies that build a marriage -- Christmas memories of a Chinese stepfather -- The man who wore his wife's sarong -- Christmas at Singapore casket -- The tragedy of my third eye -- Retired rebel -- Ah nah, an interpretation.
Summary: A mother finds out her son is a gay; a daughter finds out her two mothers are lesbians; a niece stumbles upon the body of her dead uncle dressed in his wife's sarung kebaya; and an old man's nascent feelings for a Filipino maid lead him back to his suppressed art.
The Lies That Build A Marriage is a collection of short stories that focus on the unsung, unsaid and uncelebrated in Singapore. Singapore Literature Prize-winning author Suchen Christine Lim delves beneath the Island's prosperity and coded decorum to reveal genuine people facing difficulty issues that are normally strictly taboo. One by one, the characters chisel away the prejudice that surrounds them to sculpt a social acceptance of themselves and their circumstances.
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