Lonely Face
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Singapore, late 1980s. As women gain power and independence, what's an insecure guy to do? Lonely Face is the story of a man on the cusp of middle age, left behind by changing times. Fleeing his crumbling marriage on an overnight bus to Genting Highlands, he tries his luck at slot machines rather than the vagaries of modern romance. This snapshot of a society in flux is a newly-translated early work by acclaimed novelist Yeng Pway Ngon, Cultural Medallion recipient and three-time winner of the Singapore Literature Prize.
The Society of Authors TA First Translation Prize Shortlist 2019
Pway Ngon Yeng
Yeng Pway Ngon is a poet, novelist, playwright and critic from Singapore who has published twenty-six volumes in the Chinese language. His work is noted for its examination of the modern human condition, and has been translated into English, Italian, Malay, and Dutch. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion for his contributions to literature in Singapore, and the Southeast Asian Writers Award. "Unrest" is the winner of 2004 Singapore Literature Prize.
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Natascha Bruce
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Natascha Bruce translates from Chinese. Her work includes Lonely Face by Yeng Pway Ngon (shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize), Bloodline by Patigül, Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong (shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation), A Classic Tragedy by Xu Xiaobin (co-translated with Nicky Harman), and Mystery Train by Can Xue. She was awarded a 2021 PEN/Heim grant for Owlish by Dorothy Tse. She and Tse were among the winners of the 2019 Words Without Borders Poems in Translation Contest.
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