A review by mobyskine
LITTLE BASKET 2017: New Malaysian Writing by Catalina Rembuyan, Hazieqa, Daniel Chow, Satpal Kaler, May Chong, Mahen Bala, Hanna Alkaf, Elizabeth Gimbad, Marcus van Geyzel, Julya Oui, Masami Mustaza, Subashini Navaratnam, Ted Mahsun, Maizura Abas, Marc de Faoite, Kevin Lau, Chuah Guat Eng, Terence A. Anthony, Lee Ee Leen, Edwin Kho, Foo Sek Han, Sukhbir Cheema, Leon Wing, Tshiung Han See, Wan Phing Lim, Leela Chakrabarty

4.0

Love this one more than Little Basket 2016. It was said that there's no theme for this one but I could see that most of it focused on one's culture and race as well as local customs and concerns, which making it quite interesting and full of mixture. I love most of the stories-- straightforward, in between humorous and seriousness, quite short with simple slice of life plot. Few of my favorite-- Stories 1, 2 and 3 (Hazieqa), You Can't Make Nasi Lemak With Sushi Rice (Masami Mustaza), Sons And Daughters (Daniel Chow) and Pantang (Hanna Alkaf). I like that few were non-fiction too (my favorite "Broken English As First Language" by Terence A. Anthony). Also, the illustrative and graphic contents were very much interesting too.

Whimsical yet 'traditional' (making me hungry as well). Nice collection!