They were screening an English film, and she wasn't entirely able to follow the plot, but at least there wasn't much talking. A pretty woman with yellow hair seemed unhappy, despite apparently having lots of money, maybe because she kept getting attacked by birds. Siew Li wasn't sure what she'd done to make the birds angry, but maybe there wasn't a reason, who knows how bird brains work...
She saw them from her window, swarming out of two cars parked just downstairs. All those men coming to get a schoolgirl, she thought, unless there's someone else in this block. But no, they were all hers. They seemed in no hurry, going through all her possessions, writing down the titles of books. "Read so much for what? Will Marx help you find a husband?" jeered one of them....
pick4⭐️ I recommend this novel to those who are looking for a good Singlit. I knew little about the leftist movements post WWII in Malaysia and Singapore; and through the six narrators, the author gave me a glimpse into his immense research on this topic, how the cause affected the lives of the related people. It‘s time for me to google more about the Malayan Emergency
Current and next read. I‘m pleasantly surprised by this local lit (tagged book) 🎈
State of Emergency: A Novel | 
