Contemporary fiction books from Malaysia
Recommended contemporary fiction books (2)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Malaysia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Deplorable Conversations with Cats and Other Distractions by YEOH. JO-ANN EN
Description:
A man finds himself the unwitting companion of a talking cat. . . Lucky Lee has everything-- wealth, charm, money, good looks-- and does very, very little with it. He's content. He's happy. He takes for granted that life is good and always will be. But then his sister, the go-getting, successful, famous TV chef Pearl Lee, dies, horribly and suddenly. Lucky is devastated. As he struggles to live without the big sister who's always been the dominant, often relentless force in his life, the inconceivable happens-- her cat begins to talk to him. It wants to know where Pearl is. It questions his ea... continue
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Though I Get Home by Yz Chin EN
Description:
In these stories, characters navigate fate via deft sleights of hand: a grandfather gambles on the monsoon rains; a consort finds herself a new assignment; a religious man struggles to keep his demons at bay. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a smalltown girl transformed into a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia's most notorious detention camp.