Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (Chinese, Fiction)
《孕鱼》收录八部短篇小说。《孕鱼》曾获2015年金笔奖小说组首奖，以充满奇幻色彩的人鱼意象，隐喻女性生育命题，探讨人的存在意义。另一得奖作品《老店》则以老店与老主人的命运重叠，展现传统和现代发展的格格不入，深刻又触动人心。随庭热衷书写城市生活的隐秘故事，尤为关注女性，透过小说关照生活中的爱与苦，因为—"夜晚的城市，万家灯火，最是孤独"。
Fish Birth is a collection of eight short stories. The title story, which explores issues associated with pregnancy and existential problems modern people struggle with, won the Golden Point Award in 2015. Another award winning story, Old Shop is a touching tale of the overlapping destinies of an old shop and its owner, showing the conflict between traditional heritage and modern development. In the collection, Sui Ting presents secret stories of modern urban life from a female perspective.
About the Author
何颖舒，笔名随庭，生于中国，2016年于新加坡国立大学中文系获得硕士学位。作品曾获2015年新加坡大专文学奖小说组首奖、联合早报金奖及金笔奖小说组首奖。2019年出版首部短篇小说集《孕鱼》。担任新加坡华文剧评网站"众观"的驻站剧评人和《联合早报》特邀剧评人，发表剧评二十多篇。
He Yingshu, whose pen name is Sui Ting, was born in China and earned her masters degree in Chinese Studies at NUS. In 2015, her short story won first prize in the Singapore Golden Point Award and the Singapore Tertiary Chinese Literary Awards, and she was awarded the Lianhe Zaobao Gold medal. Her first short story collection, Fish Birth, was published in July 2019. She is a practicing theatre critic. Her reviews have appeared in re-viewers.org and Lianhe Zaobao.
ISBN: 9789811417481Cover Type: Paperback
Page Count: 187
Year Published: 2019
Language: Chinese