{"product_id":"diasporic-soon-ai-ling-9781913891381","title":"Diasporic: Short Stories by Soon Ai Ling","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditional Chinese cuisine, jade, batik, embroidery, and horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Soon Ai Ling's fiction, newly translated into English by Yeo Wei Wei, the lives of twentieth-century Chinese diaspora unravel in the midst of emblems and environments resplendent with cultural influences from East and Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is strange, painful, and beautiful. In stories set across Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, the characters in Diasporic struggle for freedom to love, freedom from fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS: Chef Tham, Fans of the Phoenix, Jade and Fate, Clove, Batik Melody, Bai Xiangzu and Her Embroidered Peacocks, Jade Butterflies, The Song of Life, Blossoms of the Moon Season\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Ai Ling is a native of Huiyang, Guangdong. She holds a bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Nanyang University, Singapore (1971), and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong (1995). Soon is an award-winning author of several novels and anthologies. Her works have been translated into Japanese, English and Malay. She was a lecturer at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (1997-2005) and the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2006-2013). At present, she is a guest lecturer at the Education University of Hong Kong and NTU Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYeo Wei Wei is a writer and translator based in Singapore. Her short stories have been longlisted in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2021) and Glimmer Train (2013). She holds a MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) from the University of East Anglia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Soon Ai Ling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913891380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913891381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Soon Ai Ling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131377250559,"sku":"9781913891381","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e0835a6-38df-4297-aeef-950d14475cde.jpg?v=1687474271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diasporic-soon-ai-ling-9781913891381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}