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Quiet Time
In 2007, as he tumbles rapidly into his late thirties, Kuang Ming is starting to feel his diminishing relevance in Singapore's youth-obsessed gay circles, even as his conservative country faces the possibility of a historic change in the rules of queer existence.
A long-term relationship in jeopardy ... a family in conflict ... and a nation in transition?
Kuang Ming cannot have foreseen how his life will change forever.
A long-term relationship in jeopardy ... a family in conflict ... and a nation in transition?
Kuang Ming cannot have foreseen how his life will change forever.
338 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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May 23, 2020
En väldigt intressant relationsroman. Länk till recension:https://ewelinasbokblogg.blogspot.com...
March 21, 2022
a second read. never lost its impact. still as poignant. i was inspired and more enlightened with this second read.
January 24, 2016
Self Masturbatory is all I can say. While "Peculiar Chris" can be argued to be a key literature in the Singapore Queer canon, this lacks any of the investigative properties that Peculiar Chris holds. The writer is writing externally, his perspective a glossy presumption of the queer issues in Singapore. The complexity of 377A, and Singapore's political and queer context serving to be a form of lubricant for the writer to merely re-hash and whine about age-old, gay cliches in a Singaporean context; which is the only form of originality here. It is disappointing that while other writers/ storytellers have continued to evolve and grow, and engage in Singapore's literary scene through a myriad of different ways. Johann seems stuck and uninformed of the larger queer issues at hand, opting to project a myopic opinion through tired metaphors and personas, riding on the past success of his earlier days.
April 12, 2015
really close experience of what I am going through in the age phase late 30s nearing 40; where life really find its purpose for me
though it was written much earlier than the year depicted, most of the experience is very surreal for any professional Gen X and Gen Y gay guy in Singapore who are working professionals
though it was written much earlier than the year depicted, most of the experience is very surreal for any professional Gen X and Gen Y gay guy in Singapore who are working professionals
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