{"product_id":"a-history-of-amnesia","title":"A History of Amnesia","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA History of Amnesia is listed in the notable books list by the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award (administered by University of San Francisco).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA History of Amnesia is also shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize in 2004.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnapologetic, unafraid and unyielding, Alfian’s second collection of verse delves in greater depth the concerns in his first volume and moves into reclaiming our collective history and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn mining our psyche, he casts light where whispers and shadows lurk. He draws inspiration from censored histories, subsumed myths and invokes imagined voices from the exiled, demanding of the reader to witness the ubiquitous ideological fictions that surround us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the most dissonant and penetrating voices in Singapore poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The poetry \u003cem\u003edoes\u003c\/em\u003e matter—even when its subject matter is unpoetically political or social. Alfian Sa’at is that rare talent who not only has something to say—urgently and passionately—but also knows how to say it well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second collection reveals the poet maturing, chancing new lines, always growing. There are things here—an image, a metaphor, the lyrical turn of a taut phrase—that will astonish and amaze the reader. I closed the volume with a sense of gratitude: Poetry \u003cem\u003edoes\u003c\/em\u003e matter.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Janadas Devan, \u003cem\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e Leader Writer (2001)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...seething with anger and sarcasm, Sa’at’s second collection of poetry is laced with an undercurrent of bitterness. not so much for himself perhaps, but at the plight of the marginalized and prosecuted, including disgraced Singaporeans such as Chia Thye Poh and Josef Ng. The irony in the title is definitely not lost to the reader, and succinctly sums up his feelings towards the State.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Ray Ong, Goodreads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfian Sa’at\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Resident Playwright with W!LD RICE. His published works include three collections of poetry, \u003cem\u003eOne Fierce Hour\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA History of Amnesia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Manuscript\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of short stories, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/corridor-12-short-stories-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCorridor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a collection of flash fiction, \u003cem\u003eMalay Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e, and three collections of plays – \u003cem\u003eCollected Plays One\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCollected Plays Two\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/collected-plays-three-pos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Plays Three\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and the published play \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/cooling-off-day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCooling-Off Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48601521127721,"sku":"9789810806873","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Web-A-History-of-Amnesia-Front.webp?v=1716464450","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.sg\/products\/a-history-of-amnesia","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}