Penghulu EBRD Literature Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018) as the boys' fragile sense

as the boys' fragile sense of order begins to collapse

When Darcy and Jamie inherit a tumble-down cottage from their grandmother

if only to understand ourselves better

Publication Date: 08 Nov 2011

there is continuing debate on how the war has been remembered or

Penghulu EBRD Literature Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018) as the boys' fragile sensePak Suleh was the penghulu of Pulau Sebidang, one of the influential village headmen of the islands of the South. Forced to relocate to a small high rise flat on mainland Singapore, he worries for the future of his family and yearns for his beloved island. A powerful meditation on loss, Penghulu is a portrait of a man struggling to return to his old way of life. But can Pak Suleh thwart the plans of his son in law, a newly elected member of parliament