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Pallavi Narayan is the author of "Pamuk's Istanbul: The Self and the City" (London: Routledge 2022). She has co-edited "Singapore at Home: Life across Lines" (Singapore: Kitaab 2021) for which she has also created the cover art. ...more

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	Singapore At Home: Life Across Lines by Pallavi Narayan (Goodreads Author) (Co-editor), Iman Fahim Hameed (Goodreads Author) (Co-editor), Ken Lye (Contributor) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ASINGBOL: An Archaeology of the Singaporean Poetic Form by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé (Editor), Al Hafiz Sanusi, Al Lim 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singapore At Home: Life Across Lines by Isha B., Pallavi Narayan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Iman Fahim Hameed (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melody (Nightingale & Sparrow, issue no. VI) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pamuk's Istanbul 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Best Asian Short Stories 2023 by Anitha Devi Pillai (Goodreads Author) (editor), Preeta Samarasan (Goodreads Author), Anjana Menon (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Pallavi Narayan and 1 other person liked Cindy's review of Singapore At Home: Life Across Lines: "Enjoyed this book and the glimpses of people that live/lived in Singapore. I particularly enjoyed: - Potted in Place - The Gardeners of Lim Tai See - A Room of Our Own - Maid in Singapore Section IV: Home and Away didn’t grasp me as much. " Read more of this review »
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Pallavi Narayan liked Joy's review of Singapore At Home: Life Across Lines: "This is such a delightful and diverse collection of stories about quintessential life in Singapore. I feel like I’m holding onto something precious, a book that will show future generations how days were spent, how families here once lived. Things wi" Read more of this review »
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No idea what the hype was about. It meandered for too long when it could have been a tightly bound narrative.
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