Son of Singapore

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  • Son of Singapore Book Detail

  • Author : Tan Kok Seng
  • Release Date : 1974
  • Publisher : Epigram Books
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 104
  • ISBN 13 : 9810768338
  • File Size : 15,15 MB
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Son of Singapore by Tan Kok Seng PDF Summary

Book Description: A publishing sensation in the 1970s and 1980s, Son of Singapore traces the extraordinary upbringing of an Everyman. As a Teochew farm boy coming of age during the Japanese Occupation, Tan Kok Seng enters the “university of the world” at only 15, becoming a coolie at the Orchard Road market. On his rounds to the homes of the “Red Hairs”, he befriends a group of Chinese dialect-speaking Caucasians who inspire him to improve himself beyond his humble roots. Set against Singapore’s push towards self-governance, Tan’s engaging autobiography reflects the pioneering spirit of the times. Written in deceptively simple prose, notable for its English transliteration of Teochew adages, Son of Singapore sensitively captures fast-disappearing places, people and everyday ways of living.

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