If We Dream Too Long by Poh Seng Goh (English) Paperback Book

Description: If We Dream Too Long by Poh Seng Goh, Tai Ann Koh Widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he navigates the difficult transitional period between youthful aspirations and the external demands of society and family. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he navigates the difficult transitional period between youthful aspirations and the external demands of society and family. Shy and sensitive, he feels detached from mainstream life and is unable to identify with the values that animate his friends. Kwang Meng takes refuge in dreams of exotic faraway places, and imagines merging himself with the sea, which he loves. Yet amidst this uncertainty, the reader feels that all is not lost, that the young dreamer will eventually find his way. Kwang Mengs experiences reflect the authors fascination with the question of self amidst the dreariness and aimlessness of an increasingly urbanized and materialistic Asian society. This book also provides a fascinating portrait of Singapore as it was in the 1960s, a landscape and society that have undergone many changes but remain faintly visible in modern Singapore.Since its first publication in 1972, If We Dream Too Long has moved and delighted generations of readers. This much-loved novel has been used as a text in university literature courses in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and has been translated into Tagalog and Russian. This new edition has an updated introduction by Koh Tai Ann. Author Biography A novelist, poet and playwright, Goh Poh Seng (1936-2010) was born in Kuala Lumpur, received his medical degree from Dublin and practised medicine in Singapore before migrating to Canada in 1986. He wrote all his life, and If We Dream Too Long was his first novel, winning the National Book Development Council of Singapore Award for Fiction in 1976. He published three other novels, five books of poetry, and a fictionalized memoir also published by NUS Press, Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Oriental Gentleman. Details ISBN9813251158 Publisher Ridge Books Year 2020 ISBN-10 9813251158 ISBN-13 9789813251151 Language English Format Paperback DEWEY 823 Pages 208 Imprint Ridge Books Country of Publication Malaysia Author Tai Ann Koh UK Release Date 2020-02-28 Edition Description New edition Replaces 9789971694456 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2020-07-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129148053;

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