Summary
Eleven short stories set in Penang, Malaysia about self-worth, ambition and unfulfilled dreams; ranging from the macabre to magical realism to modernism.
A young boy befriends a girl from a haunted house known as ‘Adorable’. A roast pig at a Taoist funeral becomes a symbol of rebellion. A man adopts a Thai doll, hoping it would change his luck. Meanwhile, a family of monsters live on Mount Pleasure, disguising themselves with anagrams, and a black metal scandal ruins a teenage couple’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789815280920 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9815280929 |
| Author: | Wan Phing Lim |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Wan Phing Lim
Wan Phing Lim was born to Malaysian parents in 1986 in Butterworth, Penang. Her short stories have appeared in Catapult (USA), Ricepaper Magazine (Canada), Lucent Dreaming (UK), Kyoto Journal (Japan) and anthologies by Monsoon Books (UK), Ethos Books (Singapore), Math Paper Press (Singapore) and Fixi Novo (Malaysia). Her story Snake Bridge Temple was selected for Kitaab’s Best Asian Short Stories 2017 and Buku Fixi’s New Malaysian Writing 2017.
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