SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SINGAPORE LITERATURE PRIZE (FICTION IN ENGLISH)

RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 SINGAPORE LITERATURE PRIZE READERS’ FAVOURITE ENGLISH BOOK

“Dreamscape, portrait and meditation, Shantih Shantih Shantih is a distinctly Singaporean book.” — Quarterly Literary Review Singapore

An art student chances upon a former fling at Punggol MRT station. A reporter lies awake at four in the morning, chronically unable to sleep. Two men lie in bed, watching YouTube videos of hail falling in Singapore, while a sugar baby trawls through Google Maps, exploring the homes and neighbourhoods of her former clients.

In this novella by Daryl Qilin Yam, a dozen lonely individuals in Singapore witness a freakish instance of snowfall, lasting for exactly four minutes and twenty-six seconds. Shantih Shantih Shantih is a heady mix of desire and dauntlessness that revels in its interconnections, pulling together a community that is at once together and apart.