![]() ![]() In the tradition of Ben Okri's The Famished Road and Anita Desai's The Village By the Sea, Confrontation is an incredible evocation of village life and of the consequences that come from political alignment and re-alignment. ![]() Seen through the unique perspective of the young Malay boy Adi, this fundamental period in Singaporean history is brought to life with masterful empathy. Mohamed Latiff Mohamed, three-time winner of the Singapore Literature Prize, brilliantly dramatises the period of uncertainty and change in the years leading up to Singapore's merger with Malaya. However, looming on the horizon are political upheaval, race riots, gang wars and the Konfrontasi with Indonesia. ![]() The residents of Kampung Pak Buyung may not have many material goods, but their simple lives are happy. Selected by The Business Times as one of the Best Books of 2013Īdi loves his life in the kampung: climbing the ancient banyan tree, watching ten-cent movies with his friends, fetching worms for the village bomoh. ![]()
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