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Ten Sticks and One Rice

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Bronze Award Winner, 7th International MANGA Awards 2013

Illegal bookie. Secret society member. Street hawker. Neo Hock Seng is all of these, and more. As Singapore transforms from a kampong to a cosmopolitan city, Hock Seng struggles to make sense of life and eke out a living, even as he finds his old ways and values increasingly challenged.

Praise:
“Incredibly moving and rejuvenating…It has been a while since a book left me sobbing in the middle of the night.”
— Akshita Nanda, The Straits Times

“The artwork is able to convey the gravity of Hock Seng’s life and does a great job of fleshing out the changes in his face over the years...the graphic narrative is well worth reading, especially as it dovetails with the discourses of hypermodernization that have long seen associated with Singapore as one of the Asian ‘tiger’ economies. What is being lost in this relentless drive to become a global city, the narrative might seem to be elliptically asking? Hock Seng would tell us to make sure to look into the local past before we step so stridently into the global future.”
—Stephen Hong, Asian American Literature Fans

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Epigram Books

Release: November 01, 2012

ISBN: 9810731086

ISBN 13: 9789810731083

Ten Sticks and One Rice

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Bronze Award Winner, 7th International MANGA Awards 2013

Illegal bookie. Secret society member. Street hawker. Neo Hock Seng is all of these, and more. As Singapore transforms from a kampong to a cosmopolitan city, Hock Seng struggles to make sense of life and eke out a living, even as he finds his old ways and values increasingly challenged.

Praise:
“Incredibly moving and rejuvenating…It has been a while since a book left me sobbing in the middle of the night.”
— Akshita Nanda, The Straits Times

“The artwork is able to convey the gravity of Hock Seng’s life and does a great job of fleshing out the changes in his face over the years...the graphic narrative is well worth reading, especially as it dovetails with the discourses of hypermodernization that have long seen associated with Singapore as one of the Asian ‘tiger’ economies. What is being lost in this relentless drive to become a global city, the narrative might seem to be elliptically asking? Hock Seng would tell us to make sure to look into the local past before we step so stridently into the global future.”
—Stephen Hong, Asian American Literature Fans

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Epigram Books

Release: November 01, 2012

ISBN: 9810731086

ISBN 13: 9789810731083

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