Skip to content
Local delivery is now $4, up to 5kg, FREE if the order exceeds $50!
Local delivery: $4, up to 5kg, FREE for orders >$50!

Shantih Shantih Shantih: A Novella


Publisher: Math Paper Press
Sold out
S$25.00
  • Shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize (Fiction in English)
    Recipient of the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize Readers’ Favourite English Book


    Shantih Shantih Shantih is about a dozen lonely individuals in Singapore who witness a freakish instance of snowfall, lasting for exactly four minutes and twenty-six seconds. Yam’s novella is both cinematic and intimate, and furthermore described by QLRS as “a distinctly Singaporean book that echoes the loneliness of living in a global city” — a perfect entryway into the curious lives and strange minds of those who trawl through this unique, cosmopolitan city.

    An art student chances upon a former fling at Punggol MRT station. A reporter lies awake at four in the morning, chronically unable to sleep. Two men lie in bed, watching YouTube videos of hail falling in Singapore, while a sugar baby trawls through Google Maps, exploring the homes and neighbourhoods of her former clients.

    In this novella by Daryl Qilin Yam, a dozen lonely individuals in Singapore witness a freakish instance of snowfall, lasting for exactly four minutes and twenty-six seconds. Shantih Shantih Shantih is a heady mix of desire and dauntlessness that revels in its interconnections, pulling together a community that is at once together and apart.

ISBN: 9789811813481
Cover Type: Paperback
Page Count: 124
Year Published: 2021
Size: 200mm x 125mm
Language: English