Author : Kim Cheng Boey
Publisher : Giramondo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1920882502
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)
Book Synopsis Between Stations by : Kim Cheng Boey
Download or read book Between Stations written by Kim Cheng Boey and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kim Chen Boey writes a travel memoir which explores the condition of the migrant writer, living between the place of his birth, his adopted country, and the wider world; between the past and the present; between the city he is in, and the cities that live in his memory and imagination. The book maps his trajectory through India, China, Pakistan, to Egypt and Morocco, during the year of his wandering between his native Singapore and his new home in Berowra. His essays offer memorable portraits of his parents and grandparents, friends and teachers, barbers and backpackers, the handicapped and the poor. Boey is a poet and he brings poetic sensibility to make this writing of the most powerful kind.