Catherine Lim

Marshall Cavendish Classics (eBook, ePUB)

They Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A boy is given a girl's name so that he can escape the attention of malignant ghouls. A devout Catholic priest is suspected of hanky-panky with a submissive Chinese wife when she gives birth to an albino child. A young girl student dies before her English examinations, but still manages to write an out-of-point essay for the Cambridge Syndicate. From societal superstitions and the imagination come these 15 tales of the paranormal. The Series:This title is being reissued under the new Marshall Cavendish Classics: Literary Fiction series, which seeks to introduce some of the best works of Singapore literature to a new generation of readers. Some have been evergreen titles over the years, others have been unjustly neglected. Authors in the series include:Catherine Lim, Claire Tham,Colin Cheong, Michael Chiang,Minfong Ho, Ovidia Yu andPhilip Jeyaretnam.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Marshall Cavendish International
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2021
• ISBN-13: 9789814974653
• Artikelnr.: 72448931

Autorenporträt

Doyenne of Singapore's literary circles and one of the leading figures in the world of Asian fiction, Catherine Lim is a household name to many Singaporeans. She has written over 20 books across various genres - novels, short stories, poems and satirical pieces. Lim has won numerous awards for her work, including the National Book Development Council awards in 1982, 1988 and 1990; the Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award in 1998; and the 1999 regional Southeast Asian Write Award.