Death by Perfume
PART OF Cultural Medallion SERIES
By: You Jin
Publisher:
Epigram Books
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Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang
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In the late 1970s, a young Singaporean writer arrives in Jeddah with an infant son. She encounters a strange and often hostile environment with curiosity, empathy and good humour. In this collection of linked stories, the narrator confronts, among others, a bored expat wife with dangerously extravagant tastes, a divorced engineer with the face of a camel, and a desperate security guard who finds solace in downing bottles of perfume. Beguiling, plaintive and profoundly insightful, You Jin’s fiction is a vivid evocation of Saudi society.
Cover Type: Paperback
Page Count: 224
Year Published: 2015
Size: 153mm x 225mm