Be Real: A Guide to Authenticity - Couverture souple

Cheong, Felix; Rafhan, Arif

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9815233033 ISBN 13 : 9789815233032

Editeur : Penguin Random House SEA, 2025

Synopsis

A zombie apocalypse in Singapore. A gentle poke at the shenanigans writers get up to. And a satire about our hunger for the real thing. Meet Zachary Kwan, a middling novelist trapped in a bout of writer’s block. His marriage to a celebrity model is on the rocks, his latest book is met with scathing reviews, and he’s about to be cancelled. Things really couldn’t get any worse. Spoiler alert: they do. A zombie epidemic takes over the world. And Zachary Kwan, writer of best-selling self-help book under a pseudonym, is infected. Written in poetic form by Felix Cheong and illustrated by Arif Rafhan, Be Real puts a finger on the zeitgeist of our times. In an age defined by curation, how do we know what is real? Will we even recognize ourselves when we reveal our ‘true’ selves?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Arif Rafhan is an award-winning comic artist who has worked on multiple platforms over the course of ten years. His works span movie posters (Tiger Stripes [2023]), paintings, graphic novels, an sculptures. With illustrations published in over forty books across Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States, Arif has established himself as one of the most prominent Malaysian artists today. Arif's first foray into the art scene was in 2014 with his first graphic novel (Adventures of a KL-ite in Afghanistan) published by MPH Malaysia. He has also worked with two of his cartooning idols, Gila-Gila magazine's Jafaar Taib and Dato Lat (Kampung Boy) whose latest graphic novel will be inked by Arif. He is currently working as the concept artist for an upcoming Malaysian comedy-horror animated series, Kisah Bawah Tanah (Tales Down Below). Felix Cheong is the bestselling author of thirty books across different genres, from poetry to fiction, from children's picture books to young adult fiction. Two of his graphic novels, Goh Keng Swee: A Singaporean for All Seasons and The Showgirl and the Minister, were among the top five bestsellers on Amazon.sg. He has also written three opera librettos and his works have been widely anthologized and nominated for the prestigious Frank O' Connor Award and the Singapore Literature Prize. Conferred the Young Artist Award in 2000 by the National Arts Council, Felix has been invited to writer's festivals all over the world, such as Edinburgh, Austin, Sydney, and Christchurch. He holds a master's in creative writing and is currently a university adjunct lecturer. Be Real: A Guide to Authenticity is his fifth collaboration with Arif Rafhan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Random House SEA
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9815233033
• ISBN 13: 9789815233032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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