Catherine Lim Libri

La giovane e seducente Han vive nella casa di Wu, una delle grandi e potenti famiglie di Singapore a cui è stata venduta ancora bambina negli anni Cinquanta. La sua vita sarebbe un inferno se non ci fosse il padroncino Wu, compagno di giochi prima e, poi, amante appassionato. Ma la loro storia non può che consumarsi entro le regole feree della società a cui Wu appartiene: Han è solo la favorita del signore, il suo compito è soddisfarne i desideri, ma lui è destinato a sposare una di pari rango...

Catherine Lim at her best, celebrating and skewering what makes us Singaporean

Story is set to the backdrop of 1950's Malaya, at the height of communist guerilla activity. A married chinese women, Mei Kwei falls in love with a priest who saves the wowen caught with Mei's husband from public embarressment.

Original new stories from a well-established and internationally recognised Asian writer- A collection of eighteen easy-to-read and captivating stories- Tales of the supernatural that will fascinate and enthral readers

An evergreen of Singapore literature! A literary exploration of one of Singapore's favourite genres: the supernatural

'It was a special protection from the gods that Silver Frond's beauty manifested itself only after the barbarians had left...A beautiful child-woman, in that intriguing in-between stage when people could not tell where innocence ended and seductiveness began, and were charmed by both.' One morning in Singapore more than fifty years ago, a wealthy, respected, handsome Chinese patriarch, head of a large household of three wives and many children and grandchildren, takes a walk by a cemetery. There, a young village egg-seller, Silver Frond, is amusing herself with a comic song-and-dance act based on popular gossip - about him. The meeting instantly changes their lives. With characteristic verve and wit, Catherine Lim traces the struggles of an unusual couple through the jungle of human quandaries and predicaments created by the force of tradition, and celebrates the ultimate triumph of an even more extraordinary force - love.