HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU by Malachi Edwin Vethamani - ISBN: 9789815144857
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Family secrets, forbidden love, and identities collide in modern Asia.

HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU

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    244 pages

  • Release Date

    10 September 2024

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Summary

Poignant and provocative stories delving into the complexities of family, sexuality, and identity, where marriage and personal emancipation collide, mixed-race couples confront the walls of race and religion, love is misunderstood, and individuals grapple with their own demons.

A collection of stories that explore the intersections and conflicts in family lives and sexuality that are typical in contemporary Asian societies, yet also universal. These stories are set from post-independe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9789815144857
ISBN-10:9815144855
Author:Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA
Imprint:Penguin Random House SEA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:244
Release Date:10 September 2024
Weight:228g
Dimensions:15mm x 130mm x 197mm
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HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU by Malachi Edwin Vethamani - ISBN: 9789815144857
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About The Author

Malachi Edwin Vethamani

An internationally recognised author, Malachi Edwin Vethamani is a fictionist, poet, editor, critic, bibliographer, and academic.

Publications:

  • Poetry Collections:
    • The Seven O’clock Tree (2022)
    • Love and Loss (2022)
    • Rambutan Kisses (2022)
    • Life Happens (2017)
    • Complicated Lives (2016)
  • Short Story Collection:
    • Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories (2018)

Selected Story Publications:

  • “Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories” (2018)
  • “Best Man’s Kiss” (published in Queer Southeast Asia Literary Journal, 2020)
  • (Stories also published in Ronggeng-Ronggeng: Malaysian short Stories (2020), Creative Flight Literary Journal (2020), Business Mirror (2018), Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts (2017), and the Literary Page, New Straits Times (1995, 1996)).

Adaptations:

  • Three stories from Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories were adapted into monologues and performed as ‘Love Matters’ by Playpen Performing Arts Trust in Mumbai (2017, 2018).
  • The short story ‘Best Man’s Kiss’ was adapted into a short play for ‘Inqueerable’ organized by Queer Ink in Mumbai (2019).

Edited Anthologies:

  • The Year of the Rat and Other Poems (2022)
  • Malaysian Millennial Voices (2021)
  • Malchin Testament: Malaysian Poems (2018) - Awarded the Malaysian Book Award 2020 for the English Language category.
  • Ronggeng-Ronggeng: Malaysian Short Stories (2020) - Shortlisted for the Malaysian Book Award 2023 for the English Language category.

Affiliations:

  • Emeritus Professor with the University of Nottingham
  • Founding Editor of Men Matters Online Journal

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