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Singapore Literature Prize しんがぽーるぶんがくしょう

Edition 8 (2000)

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Rex Shelley れっくす しぇりー Winner

A saga that traces the history of a Eurasian family across four generations. Moving between Malacca and Singapore, it draws a broad portrait of communal memory.

The family river keeps folding past and present back into one another as it flows.

family sagaEurasian identityhistorynation