Three Sisters of Sze
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Set in Penang, the well-heeled Sze family, initially loving, disintegrates as the parents become increasingly absorbed in their own pursuits. Their three childrenātwo of whom are Western educated and one Chinese educatedāare, increasingly, forced to think for themselves as they grow up without parental guidance or love. The novel portrays the conflict between different systems of education as well as different value systems, particularly as they all occur within one family. First published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
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āThis novel is a very welcome addition to the growing volume of Singaporean literature, an āinsiderāsā accurate portrayal of the mind and the mores of the Chinese. It is undoubtedly a more mature and adventurous work than the authorās earlier trilogy and probably signals even better things to come.ā
āIlsa Sharp, The Straits TimesāThree Sisters of Sz is a novel which can be read by different people in different ways, every reader responding according to his own temperament, āethnic originā or dialect group! [....] And this kind of readability is, surely, one of the tests of a good novel.ā
āSheila Agyei -
Tan Kok SengĀ is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life:Ā Son of Singapore,Ā Man of MalaysiaĀ andĀ Eye on the World. His fourth book is a novel,Ā Three Sisters of Sze, originally published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
Tanās books were all written first in Chinese and afterwards ārendered into Englishā in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Although his four books were reprinted several times since their first publication, they were out of print for many years. The books are now available from Epigram Books.
Tan resides in Singapore with his family.
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- About the Author
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Look inside the bookĀ Ā IĀ Ā Get the E-book
Set in Penang, the well-heeled Sze family, initially loving, disintegrates as the parents become increasingly absorbed in their own pursuits. Their three childrenātwo of whom are Western educated and one Chinese educatedāare, increasingly, forced to think for themselves as they grow up without parental guidance or love. The novel portrays the conflict between different systems of education as well as different value systems, particularly as they all occur within one family. First published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
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āThis novel is a very welcome addition to the growing volume of Singaporean literature, an āinsiderāsā accurate portrayal of the mind and the mores of the Chinese. It is undoubtedly a more mature and adventurous work than the authorās earlier trilogy and probably signals even better things to come.ā
āIlsa Sharp, The Straits TimesāThree Sisters of Sz is a novel which can be read by different people in different ways, every reader responding according to his own temperament, āethnic originā or dialect group! [....] And this kind of readability is, surely, one of the tests of a good novel.ā
āSheila Agyei -
Tan Kok SengĀ is the well-known author of a trilogy of books based on his life:Ā Son of Singapore,Ā Man of MalaysiaĀ andĀ Eye on the World. His fourth book is a novel,Ā Three Sisters of Sze, originally published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.
Tanās books were all written first in Chinese and afterwards ārendered into Englishā in a collaborative effort with his former employer, Austin Coates, for whom Tan worked in Malaysia and Hong Kong. Although his four books were reprinted several times since their first publication, they were out of print for many years. The books are now available from Epigram Books.
Tan resides in Singapore with his family.
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