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Jolene Tan

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Singapore, Singapore

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http://www.jolenetan.org

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Jolene Tan is a writer from Singapore who lives in England. She has also lived in Germany.

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I’m not generally hugely keen on Ian McEwan, but this book affected me.

The photograph, taken in May 2021, is of trash enmeshed with sand and soil on the beach by Yishun Dam in Singapore.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 406 ratings · 92 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	After The Inquiry 3.94 avg rating — 200 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
	A Certain Exposure 3.83 avg rating — 185 ratings — 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
	The Singapore Citizens' Agenda by New Naratif, Kirsten Han (Goodreads Author), Mohan Dutta 4.25 avg rating — 16 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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“For her and Nurul merely to share a meal cooked in their own kitchen was a triumph; to wake up together each morning a luxury.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

tags: debut, fiction, lgbt, novel, singapore

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“Saying nothing at all, whatever the circumstances, was their established mode of shared existence.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

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“These doors opened in further questions. Though she perceived, sharply, the necessity of action, its closer contours were shrouded in the fog of her own intentions.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

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“Cruelty is the opposite of love,’ said Patrick, ‘not just some inarticulate version of it.”
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“Without translation, there would be nothing, not even misunderstanding.”
― Xiaolu Guo, Radical: A Life of My Own

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“Someone who talks like that about intellectual work is a Fascist, even if he doesn't know it.”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

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