If We Dream Too Long - Couverture souple

Seng, Goh Poh

 
9789813251151: If We Dream Too Long
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9813251158 ISBN 13 : 9789813251151
Editeur : Ridge Books, 2020

Synopsis

Published in 1972 and widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he navigates the difficult transitional period between youthful aspirations and the external demands of society and family. Shy and sensitive, he feels detached from mainstream life and is unable to identify with the values that animate his friends. Kwang Meng takes refuge in dreams of exotic faraway places, and imagines merging himself with the sea, which he loves. Yet amid this uncertainty, the reader feels that all is not lost, that the young dreamer will eventually find his way. Kwang Meng's experiences reflect Goh Poh Seng's fascination with the question of self amid the dreariness and aimlessness of an increasingly urbanized and materialistic Asian society. The book also provides a fascinating portrait of Singapore as it was in the 1960s, a landscape and society that have since undergone many changes but remain faintly visible in modern Singapore. This new edition restores the author's original typographic design and has an updated introduction by Koh Tai Ann.

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À propos de l'auteur

Goh Poh Seng (1936-2010) was a pioneer of Singapore literature in English. His first novel, If We Dream Too Long, is a coming-of-age novel set in Singapore, and is recognized as the first Singaporean novel ever published in English. Goh was distinguished as a novelist, poet and playwright. He wrote all his life, and has published four novels and five books of poetry. In 1986, he emigrated with his family to Canada. He was working on Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Oriental Gentleman when he passed away.

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Éditeur
Ridge Books
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9813251158
ISBN 13 
9789813251151
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9789971694456: If We Dream Too Long

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  997169445X ISBN 13 :  9789971694456
Editeur : NUS Press, 2010
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