The Earnest Mask Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction Jessica and Atul are in

Jessica and Atul are in real danger

The Introduction and text have been revised to incorporate references to recent scholarship since the second edition and the bibliography has been updated

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The Earnest Mask Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction Jessica and Atul are intranslated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li chun Lin In this Singapore Literature Prize winning collection of stories, an aging Japanese ex soldier, ignorant about the horrors of the Japanese Occupation, returns to Singapore for a nostalgic visit; a young boys sole contact with his father consists of a weekly meeting at McDonalds; and a hopeful employee tries to win over his tumour stricken boss with traditional Chinese medicine. Set against the