{"product_id":"malay-sketches-stories-9780982814239","title":"Malay Sketches: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--SELECTED BY ELECTRIC LITERATURE AS 1 OF 7 SHORT-STORY COLLECTIONS TO READ THIS YEAR--\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the 2013 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn urgent collection of short stories from one of Singapore's most celebrated voices, now published in America for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hijab-wearing schoolgirl who refuses to shake the president's hand. A woman who joins a dating website for \"East-West\" connections and instead meets a Muslim French-Canadian man in her Arabic language class. The \u003cem\u003ehantu tetek\u003c\/em\u003e--a ghost who kills children by squeezing their heads between her breasts. A Malay doctor embarrassed by his Malay patient's teen pregnancy. A sleeping boy on the bus who awakens a sudden feeling of tenderness in a lonely stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrecise yet universal, grounded yet probing, \u003cem\u003eMalay Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e gives us a prismatic window into the doubly minoritized Malay-Muslim community in Singapore. Alternating between flash fiction and longer ruminative stories, Alfian Sa'at adopts the role of compassionate and creative demographer, tracing the inner lives of his fictional characters as they navigate individual and collective nostalgias, religious piety and doubt, and issues of class and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Singapore, \u003cem\u003eMalay Sketches \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces Alfian Sa'at as a major contemporary author of searing insight, new perspective, and poetic grace to American readers for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11617619\"\u003eAlfian Sa'at\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gaudy Boy, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982814239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982814232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gaudy Boy, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698474619117,"sku":"9780982814239","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_09b99d5d-50f7-4774-9662-f25716dabfc3.jpg?v=1649901736","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/malay-sketches-stories-9780982814239","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}