“Once in a while - perhaps every 10 years, or even every generation - a novel appears that profoundly questions the way we look at the world, and at ourselves. Beijing Coma is a poetic examination not just of a country at a defining moment in its history, but of the universal right to remember and to hope. It is, in every sense, a landmark work of fiction” WorldWayYearsLooksCountryMomentsRememberFictionNovelGenerationsUniversalPoeticDefiningExaminationLandmarksComaBeijingDefining Moments Author:Tash Aw
“Usually at the core of fiction that has some element of the absurd there tends to be an examination of some societal ills that we should talk about more than we do. And it's funny, of course, so we have that release valve with absurdism. It offers us a safe way to explore difficult subject matter.” WayShouldMatterCoursesDifficultFictionSubjectsOffersSafeElementsCoreAbsurdReleaseExaminationSubject MatterValveDifficult Subjects Author:Laurie Foos