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Love, Or Something Like Love

by O Thiam Chin
$10.90
Love, Or Something Like Love
Love, Or Something Like Love

Exploring love's complexities through varied narratives.

O Thiam Chin captures the human condition and our struggles with love in "Love, Or Something Like Love." His narratives, reaching from historical figures to contemporary situations, weave a tapestry of emotional depth that will resonate with you if you're intrigued by the intricacies of human relationships and the often-unpredictable ways our pasts shape our present. This collection is sure to leave a lasting impression with its poignant storytelling and exploration of love’s many dimensions.

  • Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Nominee for Longlist (2014)
  • Singapore Literature Prize Nominee for English Fiction (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Love, Or Something Like Love

by O Thiam Chin
$10.90
ISBN: 9789810991159
Authors: O Thiam Chin
Publisher: Math Paper Press
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.51
(rated by 109 readers)

Description

A woman reminded of her past through the acts of her grandson. A band of swordsmen on a failed mission. The forbidden love of Zheng He, the great Chinese Admiral. A young daughter forming a strange bond with her deceased father’s cat. Presenting ten stories in his fifth collection, O Thiam Chin plumbs the joy and despair, hopes and fears of men and women caught up by their past and confounded by lost loves. Taut, dark and visceral, these stories reveal, once again, the mysteries that lie in the heart of man.
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*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

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Exploring love's complexities through varied narratives.

O Thiam Chin captures the human condition and our struggles with love in "Love, Or Something Like Love." His narratives, reaching from historical figures to contemporary situations, weave a tapestry of emotional depth that will resonate with you if you're intrigued by the intricacies of human relationships and the often-unpredictable ways our pasts shape our present. This collection is sure to leave a lasting impression with its poignant storytelling and exploration of love’s many dimensions.

  • Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Nominee for Longlist (2014)
  • Singapore Literature Prize Nominee for English Fiction (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.