{"product_id":"lake-like-a-mirror-9781931883986","title":"Lake Like a Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy an author described by critics as \"the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop,\" \u003cem\u003eLake Like a Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control.\u003c\/b\u003e Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gossip in unlicensed hairdressers, hotels with amnesiac guests, and poetry classes with accidentally charged politics--a world that is peopled with the ghosts of unsaid words, unmanaged desires and uncertain statuses, surreal and utterly true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHO SOK FONG is the author of one other short story collection, \u003cem\u003eMaze Carpet\u003c\/em\u003e. Her literary awards include the Chiu Ko Fiction Prize (2015), the 25th China Times Short Story Prize, and the 30th United Press Short Story Prize. She has a PhD in Chinese Language \u0026amp; Literature from NTU Singapore, and lives in Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatascha Bruce translates fiction from Chinese. Her work includes short stories by Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse, \u003cem\u003eLonely Face\u003c\/em\u003e by Singapore's Yeng Pway Ngon and, with Nicky Harman, \u003cem\u003eA Classic Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e by Xu Xiaobin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476198658322,"sku":"9781931883986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d12597a6-2a2b-462d-81cb-b34c4dbd0cf0.jpg?v=1730245459","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lake-like-a-mirror-9781931883986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}