Readings from Readings 2: a review

Readings from Readings 2: New Writing from Malaysia, Singapore and Beyond by Bernice Chauly

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Readings from Readings 2: New writing from Malaysia, Singapore and beyond, is a wonderful collection of work, comprising short pieces of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The flavour is undoubtedly Malaysian (ok, and Singaporean) with sprinklings of other voices in between. I found that I preferred the local (or at least Asian) pieces more than the odd sprinkling of “Western” na...