by Wena Poon (Author)
"Short, sharp, bang-up-to-date prose, full of irony and wit...unmistakably 21st century, the language of modern western civilization." - Short Fiction in Theory & Practice, UK Critically-acclaimed, humorous, and celebratory, these English-language stories of "Asia in the West; the West in Asia" were previously only available in Asia. Here they are presented, for the first time, in a new international edition with the author's black and white photography. Nominated for both the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Singapore Literature Prize.
Author Biography
Wena Poon is an American novelist and photographer. Her first novel Alex y Robert, about a Texan woman bullfighter in Spain, was adapted by the BBC and broadcast as a 10-episode Radio 4 series. Her play The Wood Orchid, about the Chinese woman warrior Hua Mulan, was professionally staged in Westminster Abbey, London by the Bush Theatre. Author of 13 books of literary fiction, Wena won the UK's Willesden Herald Short Story Prize and was nominated for France's Prix Hemingway and the UK's Bridport Prize for Poetry. She was also a two-time nominee for Ireland's Frank O'Connor Award and the Singapore Literature Prize. Born and raised in Singapore, Wena is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. She is a lawyer by profession. Her website is www.wenapoon.com.