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The Last Night of Exile
Gear up for the exciting finale of this last chapter in the trilogy of stories beginning with Baxter Peanut, and expanded in the saga of Perfect Anger - A Saltwater Sermon. The stage has been set for the confrontation between a small group of determined friends and curious new alliances against a faceless and unyielding terrorist entity that looks to be something supernatural and otherworldly. Featuring all of the characters you know and remember from the previous two books, The Last Night of Exile manages to bring everyone together for a journey of discovery and reckoning. All questions are answered, thoughts and theories will be provoked, and the biggest surprise of all may lie within the architect of this "Exile" trilogy and the writer's emotional search for inspiration. The winding path to the finish will not disappoint, as the reader quickly finds they are a part of this astonishing and magical trek.
Critical Readings on Tang China
The Tang dynasty, lasting from 618 to 907, was the high point of medieval Chinese history, featuring unprecedented achievements in governmental organization, economic and territorial expansion, literature, the arts, and religion. Many Tang practices continued, with various developments, to influence Chinese society for the next thousand years. For these and other reasons the Tang has been a key focus of Western sinologists. This volume presents English-language reprints of fifty-seven critical studies of the Tang, in the three general categories of political history, literature and cultural history, and religion. The articles and book chapters included here are important scholarly benchmarks that will serve as the starting-point for anyone interested in the study of medieval China.
Poetry and Personality
This is a history of the hermeneutics of China's earliest classic, the Book of Odes, which was probably compiled about the 6th century BC. Neither a reading of the Odes as such, nor yet a history of their interpretation, this study attempts rather to trace the principles that guided the interpretation of the Odes over some two thousand years of Chinese history. The book begins by tracing the rise and development in China of the disposition to treat certain 'classical' texts as the ultimate repositories of the culture's values and norms, a disposition that was to shape the political, social, and cultural institutions of traditional China. A notable example was the examination system, which tested candidates for state office on their knowledge of the canon, in the process making questions concerning the interpretation of the canon prominent in public as well as in private life. The author then describes the emergence of the distinctive and influential hermeneutic associated with the Odes.
Tan Tarn How
Let Tan Tarn How, one of Singapore’s most controversial playwrights, take you on a journey that confronts the social and political issues facing Singaporeans today. With his signature wit and unflinching candour, he puts the spotlight on issues of life and death, sex and love, government, national identity and racism. This collection contains six award-winning plays and an introduction by Dr. K. K. Seet.
