Asia - Fiction from The Penang Bookshelf

New York: Hurst & Co, Undated. Hardcover. Good. Before their suppression by various colonial powers the inhabitants of the Malay Archipelago had a fearsome reputation as pirates. Henty used this reputation to create tales of daring adventures by European adventurers for his juvenile audience. This is probably his best known novel of this genre set in Southeast… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harpercollins, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Like much of Crichton's work, this 600 page novel, a "techno-thriller," the story is based on a mixture of science and speculation. No great friend of environmentalists, the author attempts to convince his readers of his argument that scientific study of the environment is, inter alia, too intertwined with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. This is the well know British journalist's only novel, a romance about a beautiful, reckless woman who risks everything for love, as she travels from the UK via the 'bustling alleyways of the Far East ' to try and make a life in Australia against the backdrop… Ler mais sobre este item

London: JM Dent & Sons, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. This anti-Communist novel is set in Sandu, a fictitious tropical island off the coast of China, following a Communist coup there. The dramatic tale centres on the rescue of the Governor of the former regime and the love story between the rescuer and the Governor's daughter. pp… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Cyrus Cuneo. Described as "A strange tale of the Far East founded upon the unconnected narratives of Robert O'shee, of Kinsale, Master Mariner." This story originally appeared as a serial, but was expanded for this book. pp 288 with six colour illustrations by Cuneo. … Ler mais sobre este item

London: Blackie and Son Limited, Undated. Hardcover. Good. The main story in this collection of some of Henty's short stories is the title story, In the Hands of the Malays, which takes up about a third of this 176 page book. It is very much a tale of the daring and adventure in the style of the better… Ler mais sobre este item

Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. Paperback. New. 25-10-16. A fascinating study of a neglected area - the role of the concept of Nanyang, i.e. the South Seas, in both mainland and diaspora Chinese literature. He demonstrates how a range of writers break out from the more comfortable national confines of their peers to develop literature with a more international… Ler mais sobre este item

Singapore: Monsoon Books, 2014. First edition. Paperback. New. 15-11-15. A collection of 17 short stories set in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines & Thailand. The common theme is the creepy, spooky, macabre and anything else that reeks of horror, probably the most popular form of fiction in these countries. The book can be 'brought to life'… Ler mais sobre este item

Singapore: Monsoon Books, 2014. First edition. Paperback. New. 18-11-15. A collection of 17 short stories set in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines & Thailand. The common theme is the creepy, spooky, macabre and anything else that reeks of horror, probably the most popular form of fiction in these countries. The book can be 'brought to life'… Ler mais sobre este item

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Fixi Novo, 2014. First edition. Paperback. New. The fourth and final volume of the KL Noir series. A collection of 'sick and twisted' fifteen short stories and one essay evoking the seedier side of the capital city's life. 279 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia

Colombo: Vijitha Yapa, 2012. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of Translations into English of 44 stories from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka demonstrating the diversity of literature in the region. 395 pages with an index and details of the contributors. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

USA: Wildside Press, 2005. Paperback. New. 143 pages. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 1991. Paperback. New. This collection of more than 25 short stories represent the winners' contributions to Asiaweek magazine's annual English short story competition which ran between 1981 and 1988. It was according to John le Carre, "the most coveted prize in the region" at the time. Comber was one of the judges for all… Ler mais sobre este item

Singapore: Monsoon Books, 2010. Paperback. Near Fine. Following on from the success of the Best of Singapore Erotica, Monsoon Books decided to cast their net across the rest of Southeast Asia. The editor's biggest surprise was the number of 'captivating submissions from supposedly puritanical Malaysia". Besides four stories from Malaysia, there is one from Indonesia, three from the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Random House UK, 2001. Vintage edition. Paperback. New. New. This novel demonstrates Maugham at his best in conjuring up the steamy East through his prose and then mxing in a personal drama that could have been set anywhere. When an opium addicted doctor, a surly ship's captain and a mysterious fugitive become ship wrecked on a small… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Bantam, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Shakespearean academic turned novelist, Gabriel, takes us on a tour of Southeast Asia, amongst other places, in this passionate and fast moving story of a mother and daughter separated at the fall of Singapore in 1942 and re-united when the war was over. The difficult reunion sparks the… Ler mais sobre este item