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One – The Anthology
Author(s): Robert Yeo (Author)
- Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 15 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 981434639X
- ISBN-13: 9789814346399
Book Description
The short story is a form taken up with many local authors. One attempts to anthologise the Singaporean Short Story; featuring twenty-one stories from the likes of S. Rajaratnam, Catherine Lim, Minfong Ho, Kirpal Singh, Colin Cheong and Alfian Sa at. Named to make a dramatic point, this anthology selects the best from each according to Robert Yeo an established name in the local literary scene. At its heart, this one story is not intended to be representative of the author s oeuvre but to discover an instance where an author infuses a story with his or her personality or unique style. The chosen stories are also varied, individually artistically-crafted, and as a whole, display the wide-range of local stories. This way, readers can trace the development of a line of writing over several books and decades. Most importantly, the book shows the developing canon in the Singaporean short story scene and makes a stark statement: these are the twenty-one stories that should stand out and be counted.
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About the Author
Robert Yeo is a retired lecturer of National Institute of Education (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and has taught Creative Writing at Singapore Management University. He received the Singapore Public Service Medal in 1991 for his services to the field of drama in Singapore. A prolific writer, he has published four poetry collections, six plays, a novel, an autobiography, and has been included in several anthologies. Besides writing, he has also edited collections of short fiction, plays and textbooks.
