{"product_id":"commonwealth-theophilus-kwek-9781800174832","title":"Commonwealth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA neighbourhood containing Singapore's oldest public housing estates, a catchphrase for the dream of equitable distribution, the long tail of the British Empire: the word ' Commonwealth' uncovers rich seams of history, replete with conquests, tragedies and once-potent visions of the future. \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e takes as its starting-point the massive Bukit Ho Swee fires of the 196os - an event as deeply seared into the history of Kwek's family as the nation's own - and traces the dislocations and relocations that have come before it, and in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKwek's earlier poetry collections dealt with questions of personal rootedness and larger-scale displacement; still formally adept, \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e is a new departure, drawing on a wide array of documentary and oral history sources to address upheavals of individual and collective lives within one of the world's most densely populated cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theophilus Kwek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800174837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800174832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carcanet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Theophilus Kwek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241503863039,"sku":"9781800174832","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da4faf4a-b2a5-48ee-ba07-21e5cdea81b4.jpg?v=1772654702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/commonwealth-theophilus-kwek-9781800174832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}