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A review by delight
Dream Storeys by Clara Chow
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Had the privilege of meeting Clara Chow during the Singapore Writers Festival 2017 and even got her to sign my copy of this book. From the short conversation we had, I was heartened to find out that she is someone who is wonderfully open to ideas.
What I love about this book is the idea of the decaying life stuck in the physical building, or the concept of the building. More than just a "Singapore" story/experience, the book goes beyond depicting conflicts we have often seen in Singapore literature, but actually examining the struggle between the physical body and the "essence" or soul of a person. Physical bodies are often discarded, neglected or destroyed in the stories, leaving the physical building to house the soul of the characters.
It's an easy book to read, but not an easy book to understand and digest. Take it however you want, but I live for such books.
What I love about this book is the idea of the decaying life stuck in the physical building, or the concept of the building. More than just a "Singapore" story/experience, the book goes beyond depicting conflicts we have often seen in Singapore literature, but actually examining the struggle between the physical body and the "essence" or soul of a person. Physical bodies are often discarded, neglected or destroyed in the stories, leaving the physical building to house the soul of the characters.
It's an easy book to read, but not an easy book to understand and digest. Take it however you want, but I live for such books.