Alien Asian: A Singaporean in America

by Simon Tay

Book by Tay, Simon

287 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Caleb Liu · Rating 2 out of 5]

An account of the author's one and a half year stay in America on a Fulbright Scholarship based on columns written for the Straits Times newspaper. He has done a good job of combining the various articles into a more or less narratively articulate whole. Some interesting insights into America, but nothing overly startling or revelatory. I particularly enjoyed his account of his months spent living in rural Vermont. That is a side of America fewer Singaporeans have seen as compared to the bustle of Times Square or the quaintness of Harvard Yard.