HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU

Name: HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9789815144857
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By Malachi Edwin Vethamani

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Poignant and provocative stories delving into the complexities of family, sexuality, and identity, where marriage and personal emancipation collide, mixed-race couples confront the walls of race and religion, love is misunderstood, and individuals grapple with their own demons. HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU is... Read More

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HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU

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HAVE I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU is a collection of stories that explore the intersections and conflicts in family lives and sexuality, typical in contemporary Asian societies, yet also universal. These stories are set from post-independent Malaysia to the early decades of the 21st century, including the Covid-19 pandemic years.

Women are torn between marriage and emancipated lives of their own. A young boy's taste or memory is shaped by May 13. Mixed-race couples are split by the walls of race and religion. Gay men's love cannot be understood by their family or nation. A sex-addict has to come to terms with his own demons. There is an endearing but heart-breaking love between two young men, one with hearing impairment. Additionally, a bungling spirit causes further complications in attempting to fulfil a death wish, and there is the withdrawal from a dishonest relationship.

These stories are set against a backdrop of clashes between superstition and modernity, longing, loneliness, and the search for love and resolutions which often seem unachievable.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789815144857

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2024

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 244

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About the Author

An internationally recognised author, Malachi Edwin Vethamani is a fictionist, poet, editor, critic, bibliographer and academic. His publications include five collections of poems, The Seven O'clock Tree (2022), Love and Loss (2022), Rambutan Kisses (2022), Life Happens (2017) and Complicated Lives (2016)). Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories (2018) was his debut collection of stories. His stories have also been published in 'Queer Southeast Asia Literary Journal' (2020), Ronggeng-Ronggeng- Malaysian short Stories (2020), 'Creative Flight Literary Journal' (2020), 'Business Mirror' (2018), 'Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts' (2017) and the 'Literary Page, New Straits Times' (1995, 1996). A theatrical adaptation of three of his stories from Coitus Interruptus and Other Stories were reworked as monologues and performed as 'Love Matters' by Playpen Performing Arts Trust in Mumbai in 2017 and 2018. His short story 'Best Man's Kiss was reworked into a short play for an event called 'Inqueerable' organized by Queer Ink in Mumbai in 2019. He has edited five anthologies of Malaysian Literature in English- The Year of the Rat and Other Poems (2022), Malaysian Millennial Voices (2021), Malchin Testament- Malaysian Poems (2018), Ronggeng-Ronggeng- Malaysian Short Stories (2020). The Malaysian Publishers Association awarded Malchin Testament- Malaysian Poems the Malaysian Book Award 2020 for the English Language category and Ronggeng-Ronggeng- Malaysian Short Stories was shortlisted for the Malaysian Book Award 2023 for the English Language category. He is Emeritus Professor with the University of Nottingham and Founding Editor of Men Matters Online Journal.