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Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction 2022 Necessary Fiction's Recommended Reading 2020 The rescue of a literary manuscript results in a war of words over the interpretation of 107 haiku about New York's Central Park. In the battle of commentaries, what is at stake is nothing less than the meaning of America in an imaginary but highly plausible future. Reenvisioning Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire for a technologized age, Snow at 5 PM discovers revolutionary uses, and abuses, for literature and history.

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Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction 2022 Necessary Fiction's Recommended Reading 2020 The rescue of a literary manuscript results in a war of words over the interpretation of 107 haiku about New York's Central Park. In the battle of commentaries, what is at stake is nothing less than the meaning of America in an imaginary but highly plausible future. Reenvisioning Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire for a technologized age, Snow at 5 PM discovers revolutionary uses, and abuses, for literature and history.
Autorenporträt
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named as one of the best books of 2015 by UK's Financial Times and a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards in the US. He has published four other books of poetry, a volume of essays, and a collection of zuihitsu. His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Russian, and Latvian. Originally from Singapore, he lives in New York, where he heads the literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound and the indie press Gaudy Boy.