PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Amanda Lee Koe was the fiction editor of Esquire Singapore, an honorary fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, the recipient of Columbia University’s Henfield Prize, and the youngest winner of the Singapore Literature Prize. Born in Singapore, she lives in New York. This is her first novel.
In this swirling, brilliant debut, both the famous and the unknown struggle to navigate the tide of history. Cultures collide, horizons appear, worlds collapse. Filled with hope and desperation, Amanda Lee Koe's novel is a timely and timeless enquiry into what it means to be a woman, and a human being, in a universe that often seems not to care -- Tash Aw This is a voraciously intelligent, heartrending novel. Few books have so much life in them, or are so willing to explore the terrors of war and desire, the ruthlessness of genius. Maybe this novel can face the dark so fearlessly because it is itself so radiant, a blazing star. Amanda Lee Koe is a brilliant writer -- Garth Greenwell Delayed Rays of a Star is a big globe-trotting, time-traveling wonder of a novel that made me laugh and in a hundred other ways appreciate the playful brilliance of Amanda Lee Koe. This is writing to be devoured and shared, and a writer's arrival to be celebrated -- Ben Metcalf Vivid, fictionalised deep dives into three women who changed cinema * Publishers Weekly * A sweeping sense of history that feels truly alive * Kirkus Reviews * In The Thirty Best Books to Read This Summer * Elle * An empathetic and devastating portrait of women equally defined by their passion and their politics * Lit Hub * This insightful and fascinating study of the ravages of fascism and racism is, somewhat paradoxically, a page-turner. * Brooklyn Eagle *
