Malay Sketches Strauss for two reasons

for two reasons

CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore

The authorities are closing in

These questions seem unconnected

and what the experience has taught her about life

Malay Sketches Strauss for two reasonsLonglisted for the 2013 Frank O'connor International Short Story Award. Malay Sketches is a collection of stories that borrows its name from a book of anecdotes by colonial governor Frank Swettenham, describing Malay life on the Peninsula. In Alfian Saats hands, these sketches are reimagined as flash fictions that record the lives of members of the Malay community in Singapore. With precise and incisive prose, Malay Sketches offers the reader profound