Balik Kampung
Balik Kampung: Stories of Connection/Disconnection with Different Parts of Singapore
Edited by Verena Tay
Eight established and upcoming writers. Eight experiences of living in different parts of Singapore for at least ten years. Eight tales written based on those impressions of life.
Welcome to the world of Balik Kampung where we invite you to read our stories, return in your imagination to the village that you call ‘home’ and explore your sense of who you truly are.
Summary of Contents
Lighthouse
by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Tahar
by Yeow Kai Chai
The Great Dying
by Yong Shu Hoong
Grandfather’s Aquaria
by Gwee Li Sui
Seven Views of Redhill
by Dora Tan
Beginnings
by Wong Shu Yun
The Flowering Tree
by Rosemarie Somaiah
Floral Mile
by Verena Tay
Quotes from Critics
Balik Kampung
“...a touching read.
Happily, the writers manage to be sentimental without being sappy.”
Lydia Vasko, Life! Section, The Sunday Times, 2 December 2012, p.29