{"product_id":"lake-like-a-mirror-paperback","title":"Lake Like a Mirror - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSok Fong Ho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatascha Bruce\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy an author described by critics as \"the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop, \u003cem\u003eLake Like a Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control.\u003c\/b\u003e Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gossip in unlicensed hairdressers, hotels with amnesiac guests, and poetry classes with accidentally charged politics--a world that is peopled with the ghosts of unsaid words, unmanaged desires and uncertain statuses, surreal and utterly true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHO SOK FONG is the author of one other short story collection, \u003cem\u003eMaze Carpet\u003c\/em\u003e. Her literary awards include the Chiu Ko Fiction Prize (2015), the 25th China Times Short Story Prize, and the 30th United Press Short Story Prize. She has a PhD in Chinese Language \u0026amp; Literature from NTU Singapore, and lives in Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatascha Bruce translates fiction from Chinese. Her work includes short stories by Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse, \u003cem\u003eLonely Face\u003c\/em\u003e by Singapore's Yeng Pway Ngon and, with Nicky Harman, \u003cem\u003eA Classic Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e by Xu Xiaobin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769983140128,"sku":"9781931883986","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b5d23325ac1a0571e78b7f771927935.webp?v=1780361767","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lake-like-a-mirror-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}