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Tan Kok Seng

Born

Singapore, Singapore

Website

http://tankokseng.blogspot.com

Genre

Memoir, Fiction

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Tan Kok Seng is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life: Son of Singapore, Man of Malaysia and Eye on the World. His fourth book (and his first novel) was originally published as Three Sisters of Sz by Heinemann Asia in 1979.

Tan’s books were written first in Mandarin and afterwards "rendered into English" in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked as a driver in Hong Kong. All of his books have been reprinted several times since first publication, but they have been out of print for many years since.

Tan now resides in Singapore with his family. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 156 ratings · 23 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Son of Singapore by Tan Kok Seng, Austin Coates (Co-translator) 3.90 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1972 — 5 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
	Man of Malaysia by Tan Kok Seng, Austin Coates (Co-translator) 3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1974 — 9 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
	Three Sisters of Sze by Tan Kok Seng, Austin Coates (Co-translator) 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1979 — 3 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
	Eye on the World by Tan Kok Seng, Austin Coates (Co-translator) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1975	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
	Eye on the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 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
	Son of Singapore (Writing in Asia Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	THREE SISTERS OF SZ 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 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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“It is a strange thing, looking at the sea. When it is calm, or with only gentle ripples, it gives an impression of being soft and kind. But often, on such a calm, the wind suddenly blows, thrusting the water back into angry waves. At such times, in a certain sense, one feels sorry for the sea. Never of itself offensive to others, it is all too often attacked by wind and rain, the rain falling densely upon it, shaming the beauty of its calm face with a million bouncing bubbles. Were the wind to stop blowing, the ocean, surely, would never afflict the land with any calamity, nor would any human beings suffer.”
― Tan Kok Seng, Son of Singapore

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“It seemed as if the mountains, wave after wave of them, were like the sea, going outward forever into distance, till, far away, they became engulfed in clouds, and joined—mountain and sky in one. Standing there on top, facing the enormity of the world, I thought of myself as a man. How boundlessly small we are…”
― Tan Kok Seng, Man of Malaysia

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