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Gopal Baratham

The Collected Short Stories of Gopal Baratham

  • Cassandra Marianohas quoted7 years ago
    “The writer possesses a technically excellent prose style, so smooth that it slips down the reader’s throat like a well-made Singapore Sling.”
    — THE HINDU
    “Most of Baratham’s peers admire his boldness.”
    — ROBERT YEO
    “Baratham’s talent as a writer has been undisputed. So has his moral courage.”
    — THE INDIAN EXPRESS
    “One of your finest writers, Gopal Baratham, has written the best Singaporean novel I have read so far.”
    — F. SIONIL JOSÉ
    “… I feel he is Singapore’s most acclaimed writer.”
    — DR EARL LU
    “[A Candle or the Sun] ... picks up where George Orwell’s 1984 left off.”
    — TIME
    “… a genuine ability to tell a story.”
    — COMMENTARY
    “Singapore’s literary enfant terrible …”
    — THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    “Baratham’s controversial – has always been …”
    — ASIA TIMES
    “The absence of jargon and pretentiousness lends a special charm to the low-key stories that explore the emotions of the locals …”
    — ASIAWEEK
    “Each of the stories, in diverse themes and techniques, is so superbly written that one wishes one would never finish reading it. … I should think that we ought not regard and judge Gopal Baratham’s work within the confines of so-called Singapore literature. Nationality is such a limiting concept.”
    — HAJIME KIJIME
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