"Short, sharp, bang-up-to-date prose, full of irony and wit...unmistakably 21st century, the language of modern western civilization." - Short Fiction in Theory & Practice, UK Critically-acclaimed, humorous, and celebratory, these English-language stories of "Asia in the West; the West in Asia" were previously only available in Asia. Here they are presented, for the first time, in a new international edition with the author's black and white photography. Nominated for both the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Singapore Literature Prize.