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The Angel Tiger and Other Stories
“Beneath the placid surface of these stories lies all the pain and joy of human life as people struggle—sometimes quietly, sometimes less so—to make sense of their place in a changing, multicultural world. Barrie Sherwood has created some truly memorable characters who act as a reflecting pond to our own hopes and insecurities.” –Tash Aw, critically acclaimed author of We, The Survivors
A couple's cat leaves offerings of dead birds freighted with mysterious import. A foreign worker helps construct a concert hall that reawakens his musical longings. A young diver hunts venomous cone snails for a lovelorn researcher.
With disarming simplicity, Barrie Sherwood charts how the complex bonds between lovers are unravelled to the point of breaking, and the often strange and touching ways we define ourselves and our relationships in a fluctuating world.
A couple's cat leaves offerings of dead birds freighted with mysterious import. A foreign worker helps construct a concert hall that reawakens his musical longings. A young diver hunts venomous cone snails for a lovelorn researcher.
With disarming simplicity, Barrie Sherwood charts how the complex bonds between lovers are unravelled to the point of breaking, and the often strange and touching ways we define ourselves and our relationships in a fluctuating world.
- GenresShort Stories
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2019
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Barrie Sherwood
7 books7 followersBarrie Sherwood is the author of two novels: The Pillow Book of Lady Kasa (2000) and Escape from Amsterdam (2007). A Hong Kong native of Canadian and French nationality, he now lives in Singapore and is assistant professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. His first short story collection, The Angel Tiger and Other Stories, was released by Epigram Books in 2019.
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January 27, 2020
An excellent collection of short stories that captures the mundane, but also turns things on its head - definitely thought-provoking, and close enough to home to leave you with a sense of guilt and unease
June 16, 2021
a collection of 13 short stories exploring the complex bonds between lovers, and the often strange and touching ways we define ourselves and our relationships in a fluctuating world.
as much as i wanted to like this one...idk...i just couldnt 😩 they werent bad but probably the writing just doesnt gets me.
the stories were pretty weird too which i dont mind bc i like weird hahaha but am not really a fan of too abrupt, ??? endings & overall i guess my expectations were high especially when it comes to short stories. probably only one or two stories that stood out for me while the rest are just okay-ish, not to a point where its memorable enough.
as much as i wanted to like this one...idk...i just couldnt 😩 they werent bad but probably the writing just doesnt gets me.
the stories were pretty weird too which i dont mind bc i like weird hahaha but am not really a fan of too abrupt, ??? endings & overall i guess my expectations were high especially when it comes to short stories. probably only one or two stories that stood out for me while the rest are just okay-ish, not to a point where its memorable enough.
March 30, 2024
These deliciously barmy stories feature characters desperately yearning for connection & doing desperately wild things to that end. Barrie is one of Singapore’s most underrated (& underappreciated) fictionists.
March 18, 2020
Great short stories - perfect to read on the train or at lunch time
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