Balik Kampung 3A: Northern Shores
Balik Kampung 3A: Northern Shores
Edited by Verena Tay
Ten established and new writers have written ten different short stories that are set in Seletar, Yishun, Marsiling, Ang Mo Kio and Upper Thomson. Because each story draws upon the respective writer’s in-depth knowledge of a specific space, they are powerful texts that evoke vivid characters inhabiting palpable environments and demonstrate why these writers regard Singapore’s northern shores as ‘home’.
Summary of Contents
Seletar and the Unreality of Wild Chickens
by Simon Tay
Everest
by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Birthday Boy
by Colin Cheong
Visit
by Jeremy Tiang
Shopping with Ang
by Tan Suet Lee
Stones and Flowers
by Ng Xi Jie
The Snakes of Seletar
by Carol Chan
Familiar Strangers
by Ian Chung
Vacant
by Yang Ming
Map of Seletar
by Brandon Chew