Following the Wrong God Home
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Journal Entry 1 by AuntyJo from Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Sunday, May 30, 2004
East or West. Head or heart. Which god should she follow?
In modern-day Singapore, a successful society upheld by stern govenrment and a respectful popolation, a young woman is about to break all the rules.
Yin Lin g- enigmatic, beautiful and engaged to be married to the wealthy, politically ambitious Vincent Chee - falls clandestinely in love with Professor Ben Gallagher, an outspoken American professor.
Bein, in turn, is mesmerised by Yin Ling and the depth of her inner life which finds expression in secret poems and an unwavering devotion to an old, eccentric family servant, Ah Heng Cheh, whose obsession it is to return a mysterious statue of her god to his rightful home before she dies.
Beyond the certainty of Ben and Yin Ling's lover are a hundred uncertainties that break out when heart and head collide: East or West, duty or passions; reality or a dream.
Yin Ling must choose: which god should she follow?
CATHERINE LIM grew up in Malaysia but lives and works in Singapore where she lectured in Applied Linguistics before turning to writing full time. She has published seven collections of short stories (tw of which have been used as GCSE texts by Cambridge University), five novels, a book of poems and hundreds of articles.
In modern-day Singapore, a successful society upheld by stern govenrment and a respectful popolation, a young woman is about to break all the rules.
Yin Lin g- enigmatic, beautiful and engaged to be married to the wealthy, politically ambitious Vincent Chee - falls clandestinely in love with Professor Ben Gallagher, an outspoken American professor.
Bein, in turn, is mesmerised by Yin Ling and the depth of her inner life which finds expression in secret poems and an unwavering devotion to an old, eccentric family servant, Ah Heng Cheh, whose obsession it is to return a mysterious statue of her god to his rightful home before she dies.
Beyond the certainty of Ben and Yin Ling's lover are a hundred uncertainties that break out when heart and head collide: East or West, duty or passions; reality or a dream.
Yin Ling must choose: which god should she follow?
CATHERINE LIM grew up in Malaysia but lives and works in Singapore where she lectured in Applied Linguistics before turning to writing full time. She has published seven collections of short stories (tw of which have been used as GCSE texts by Cambridge University), five novels, a book of poems and hundreds of articles.
Browsed through it. Not really my cup of tea.
CAUGHT IN AMCORP MALL SELANGOR MALAYSIA
CAUGHT IN AMCORP MALL SELANGOR MALAYSIA
