“They will try to ascribe a purpose to my death, as though it were a punishment, but don’t you do so, in order that I continue to live in all the shadows of your longing. I will always be in your sleep and your wakefulness. I will be with you praying, propitiating and yearning for you, in sadness, in sorrow, in dismay and in the most profound happiness.” LossGriefFictionNovelMourningTranslationEpigram BooksSglitWidowerSg LitAlfian Sa AtLatiffMohamed Latiff MohamedThe Widower Book:The Widower Source: The Widower
“I think, therefore I am. My fingers that caress these rose and frangipani petals are a result of my thoughts. I feel content, tender. I feel entranced, ecstatic and besotted by the fragrance of the flowers and this is because of my thoughts.” LossGriefFictionNovelMourningTranslationEpigram BooksSg LitAlfian Sa AtLatiffMohamed Latiff MohamedThe Widower Book:The Widower Source: The Widower
“Pak Karman hugged his wife’s gravestone tightly. “You left without saying farewell!” The whole of the graveyard was ablaze with light.” LoveDeathLossGriefFictionNovelMourningSingaporeTranslationEpigram BooksSglitSg LitAlfian Sa AtLatiffMohamed Latiff Mohamed Book:The Widower Source: The Widower
“In the city, human beings celebrated and enjoyed material conditions and comforts, but were caught in the labyrinths and knots of spiritual shallowness and psychological confusion. In the city human beings wrestled with the demands of survival and profit but fled from life’s imperatives of honesty and moderation. In the city man was afraid to confront his own face.” NovelCitySingaporeEnglishTranslationMalayAlfian Sa AtCultural MedallionIsa Kamari Book:The Tower Source: The Tower
“Everything has been planned. The ascent will be completed in two days’ time. He will climb another one hundred floors today. Another hundred the next day. He does not want to take the lift. The rush of life causes people to drown in the temporary. He wishes to dip into eternity before he leaves.” ArchitectUrbanCitySingaporeEnglishTranslationMalayAlfian Sa AtThe TowerIsa Kamari Book:The Tower Source: The Tower
“For him, the kampung was a place to live and work that was based on a steadfast and intimate relationship between man and nature. The village was a true reflection of life in the tropics.” VillageUrbanCitySingaporeEnglishTranslationMalayAlfian Sa AtThe TowerIsa KamariKampong Book:The Tower Source: The Tower