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Generally more surreal and immersively abstract compared to 2AUnder The Bridge (3.5/5)Gedong Gold (3/5)The Vomiting Incident (4/5)Wayang Satu (3.5/5)Cure us of prayers (3/5)Certainty (4.5/5) - tight storytellingSuch great heights (3/5) - abrupt endingMama at Owen Road (3.5/5)Flying in the face of denouement (2/5)
Really enjoyed "Certainty," "Cure Us of Prayers," and "The Vomiting Incident." The rest were largely insufferable, like creative writing class exercises.
Again, like the previous Balik Kampungs, there are promising ideas and even a few full gems of stories in this volume. A troll under a bridge at Ang Mo Kio! A woman who killed her baby! A lady who turns two-dimensional! Angels in Balestier (though I really disliked the obtuse, indulgent philosophical meanderings in this one)! Stories that clamber into your head and sit there. Sadly, these glowing embers are as usual marred by generic angsty voices with their archetypal "Artist despising other Si...
Does what it says on the tin.[Review 1 - 05/05/17.]
