Different Voices: The Singaporean/Malaysian Novel

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The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00a฀SMNovel.indd฀฀฀2 10/7/09฀฀฀3:14:13฀PM INSTITUTE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES Singapore First published in Singapore in 2009 by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: © 2009 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies or respective copyright holder. The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the author and her interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Puthucheary, Rosaly. Different voices: the Singaporean/Malaysian novel. 1. Singaporean fiction (English). 2. Malaysian fiction (English). I. Title. PR9570 S52P98 2009 ISBN 978-981-230-910-5 (soft cover) ISBN 978-981-230-911-2 (hard cover) ISBN 978-981-230-912-9 (E-book PDF) Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Utopia Press Pte Ltd 00a฀SMNovel.indd฀฀฀4 10/7/09฀฀฀3:14:14฀PM For my brother Dominic Puthucheary for his unfailing devotion to his brothers and sisters. 00a฀SMNovel.indd฀฀฀5 10/7/09฀฀฀3:14:14฀PM 00a฀SMNovel.indd฀฀฀6 10/7/09฀฀฀3:14:14฀PM ...