Writing The City

by Various, Wan Phing Lim

Brimming with life and energy, the stories and poems in this anthology offer a remarkable range of styles, themes and settings. Beginning with a plate of kaya toast and ending with a philosophical sprint through time and space, in between you'll experience life with a Sri Lankan kitchen goddess, dark deeds in a sleepy Changi Beach hotel and a young mother's slide into gambling addiction. You'll glimpse a stepdaughter's revenge on a ne'er-do-well new father and the strange powers of a secret clan association swimming pool. Let these impressive new voices alert you to the richness, colour and diversity of life in modern Singapore.

130 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

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Reviews

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typesetting is neat and nice, pleasant for reading. Stories are a good mixture of everything. Just some of them are not my cup of tea.

[Isabella Abigail Ow · Rating 3 out of 5]

30.11.17 Was not sure what to expect from this anthology at first, except for a rather rapid read through varied ideas and themes.

As the project had its genesis in developing writers from varied backgrounds, with perhaps no set theme in guiding their final submissions, the short prose pieces and poems were really very varied. The pieces were quite varied in their literary finesse too.

There might have been a better overall narrative crafted if the pieces were arranged and grouped according to similar ideas, then the reader might have felt a greater sense of purpose in moving from reading one story or poem to another.

There’s a good range of genres featured in this anthology, with dystopian, imaginative fiction and thriller. Fantasy comes to the fore the most though.

This is a quick read for anyone who might be interested in works written largely by local writers about Singapore. The collection might not be representative of the best in the local lit scene, but was never intended to be. Published by the National Library Board in 2016.