Set against the memory of a Eurasian family and community, the work links several short stories. It was treated as Soul Search when it won in 1998 and later appeared in print as The Seed from the Tree.

Family memory quietly holds each story in place.

A novel that uses black humour to chart the endpoint of a suffocating marriage and self-denial. It blurs the border between dream and reality while sharpening the sense of isolation.

Emotions pressed too long into confinement eventually take another shape inside the room.

Twelve short stories cut through everyday life in contemporary Singapore. By arranging the voices of young urban characters side by side, the collection captures both unease and intimacy in the city.

In spaces as narrow as a corridor, the whole pressure of urban life is packed together.

From a young man heading into National Service, the novel follows the sensations of being rooted and unrooted in Singapore. It builds a coming-of-age story by matching the city’s terrain to inner movement.

What the heart leaves behind and what remains on the land keep overlapping.