Every time Steve Chong screws up, he writes it down and pins up the note card on his wall. As the wall’s last bare patch is covered, he decides that it is time to die.
FAUX DEPART
Fahim and Haashid, friends borne of necessity, neither speaking the others language, sit on a secluded French beach preparing for their journey to England, to London, for a better life.
HIM, HERE, AFTER
Two years after the war in Sri Lanka, an ex-militant of the Tamil Tigers returns home. He finds the woman he was in love before, and tries to start a new life. But the realities of post-war life are deeply complicated.
KARNAL
Remarkably unique in Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA’s early works, KARNAL (1983) follows a prodigal son Narsing’s return to his family’s isolated hacienda. Passionate encounters ensue.
BEYOND THE MAT
Two high school seniors put their friendship on the line to win the state wrestling championships.
HAFU: THE MIXED-RACE EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN
“Hafu” is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan.
HARANA
Harana follows the journey of U.S.-based guitarist Florante Aguilar back to his Filipino roots and his search for the tunes of harana and the lost voices of master haranistas.
FORGETTING TO KNOW YOU
Subtle portrait of a marriage under pressure is a promising debut by novelist Quan Ling.