Little Hut of Leaping Fishes
Date of Review:
Jun.01.2008
Published Work:
Reviewer:
Clare Morin
Source:
TimeOut Hong Kong
Chiew-Siah Tei is a master storyteller, and a rare talent. The Malaysian writer has that magical ability of being able to weave a spell over her readers, with riveting plots and prose that glows with life. Little Hut of Leaping Fishes is her first novel in English and, having been nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2007, it’s an impressive debut.
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Little Hut of Leaping Fishes has the breath and balance of a great nineteenth-century novel.
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—Times Literary Supplement
About Chiew-Siah
Chiew-Siah Tei is author of Little Hut of Leaping Fishes (Picador, 2008), which was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Award. Keen on experimenting with form and medium, Tei produces works that range across literature, film and theatre in both English...