Yu Sheng and Other Stories of Singapore - Paperback

by Daniel Emlyn-Jones (Author)

A British officer falls in love with a Chinese rickshaw coolie as Singapore falls to the Japanese; a singing teacher despairs when his student insists on singing Wagner at her debut recital; and a workman from Bangladesh struggles to cope so far from home: just a few of the characters in this collection of twelve tragicomic stories about Singapore, previously published in Singaporean and South East Asian literary journals. What people are saying: 'Daniel Emlyn-Jones' Eastlit work exhibits a great sensitivity to local culture, which he brings to life in his writing.' Graham Lawrence, co-founder and chief editor of Eastlit, a literary journal for South East Asia. 'Daniel Emlyn-Jones writes with great clarity, sincerity, and cultural sensitivity. His stories made me laugh and made me cry.' Dr. Jock Wong, Lecturer, Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore. Author of 'The Culture of Singapore English'.

Author Biography

Daniel Emlyn-Jones was born in Aberystwyth, Wales in 1973, and lived in Lampeter until 1979, when with his parents he moved to Oxford. He studied for a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry at Bristol University (1992-1996), a PhD at University College London (1996-2000) and then spent six years doing postdoctoral research on the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco, at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. During this time he also worked as a residential tutor in Burgmann College at the ANU. In 2006 he received Australian citizenship, and in the same year returned to UK where he studied for a medical degree (MBChB) at Warwick University (2007-2011). He graduated in 2011, but through various twists and turns ended up as a freelance maths and science teacher working in Oxford. As well as creative writing, Daniel enjoys gardening, singing and amateur dramatics, and lives the Japanese spiritual healing practice of Reiki.