A History of Amnesia
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A History of Amnesia is listed in the notable books list by the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award (administered by University of San Francisco).
A History of Amnesia is also shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize in 2004.Unapologetic, unafraid and unyielding, Alfianās second collection of verse delves in greater depth the concerns in his first volume and moves into reclaiming our collective history and memory.
In mining our psyche, he casts light where whispers and shadows lurk. He draws inspiration from censored histories, subsumed myths and invokes imagined voices from the exiled, demanding of the reader to witness the ubiquitous ideological fictions that surround us.
This is one of the most dissonant and penetrating voices in Singapore poetry.
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āThe poetry does matterāeven when its subject matter is unpoetically political or social. Alfian Saāat is that rare talent who not only has something to sayāurgently and passionatelyābut also knows how to say it well.
This second collection reveals the poet maturing, chancing new lines, always growing. There are things hereāan image, a metaphor, the lyrical turn of a taut phraseāthat will astonish and amaze the reader. I closed the volume with a sense of gratitude: Poetry does matter.āĀ
āJanadas Devan, The Straits Times Leader Writer (2001)ā...seething with anger and sarcasm, Saāatās second collection of poetry is laced with an undercurrent of bitterness. not so much for himself perhaps, but at the plight of the marginalized and prosecuted, including disgraced Singaporeans such as Chia Thye Poh and Josef Ng. The irony in the title is definitely not lost to the reader, and succinctly sums up his feelings towards the State.āĀ
āRay Ong, Goodreads -
Alfian Saāat is a Resident Playwright with W!LD RICE. His published works include three collections of poetry, One Fierce Hour, A History of Amnesia and The Invisible Manuscript, a collection of short stories, Corridor, a collection of flash fiction, Malay Sketches, and three collections of plays ā Collected Plays One, Collected Plays Two, and Collected Plays Three, and the published play Cooling-Off Day.
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- Description
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- About the Author
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A History of Amnesia is listed in the notable books list by the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award (administered by University of San Francisco).
A History of Amnesia is also shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize in 2004.Unapologetic, unafraid and unyielding, Alfianās second collection of verse delves in greater depth the concerns in his first volume and moves into reclaiming our collective history and memory.
In mining our psyche, he casts light where whispers and shadows lurk. He draws inspiration from censored histories, subsumed myths and invokes imagined voices from the exiled, demanding of the reader to witness the ubiquitous ideological fictions that surround us.
This is one of the most dissonant and penetrating voices in Singapore poetry.
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āThe poetry does matterāeven when its subject matter is unpoetically political or social. Alfian Saāat is that rare talent who not only has something to sayāurgently and passionatelyābut also knows how to say it well.
This second collection reveals the poet maturing, chancing new lines, always growing. There are things hereāan image, a metaphor, the lyrical turn of a taut phraseāthat will astonish and amaze the reader. I closed the volume with a sense of gratitude: Poetry does matter.āĀ
āJanadas Devan, The Straits Times Leader Writer (2001)ā...seething with anger and sarcasm, Saāatās second collection of poetry is laced with an undercurrent of bitterness. not so much for himself perhaps, but at the plight of the marginalized and prosecuted, including disgraced Singaporeans such as Chia Thye Poh and Josef Ng. The irony in the title is definitely not lost to the reader, and succinctly sums up his feelings towards the State.āĀ
āRay Ong, Goodreads -
Alfian Saāat is a Resident Playwright with W!LD RICE. His published works include three collections of poetry, One Fierce Hour, A History of Amnesia and The Invisible Manuscript, a collection of short stories, Corridor, a collection of flash fiction, Malay Sketches, and three collections of plays ā Collected Plays One, Collected Plays Two, and Collected Plays Three, and the published play Cooling-Off Day.
