State of Emergency - Jeremy Tiang torrent

Category: Historical Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Asia Asian Literature Indonesia Malaysia Singapore
Written by Jeremy Tiang
Read by Chio Su Ping
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged
Winner of the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction
Siew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency. And in Singapore, Siew Li’s niece Stella finds herself accused of being a Marxist conspirator.
Jeremy Tiang’s debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region. What happens when the things that divide us also bind us together?
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 12-02-24


Winner of the 2018 Singapore Literature Prize for Fiction

Siew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency. And in Singapore, Siew Li’s niece Stella finds herself accused of being a Marxist conspirator.

Jeremy Tiang’s debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region. What happens when the things that divide us also bind us together?

Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 12-02-24