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ISBN | 9789810860653 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Bib. Info | 329p. ; 20cm. |
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This collection of four plays by Alfian Saat explores the themes that have become a hallmark of the playwrights work: national identity, racial relations, and the resistance of individuals against authoritarian systems. In The Optic Trilogy, the surfacing of buried secrets and repressed memories profoundly alters the way a man and woman see each other. In Fugitives, the members of a family discover that their self-definition relies on their interactions with outsiders who exist beyond their comfort zones. In Homesick, a diasporic Singaporean family, quarantined during the SARS crisis, evaluate the meanings of home. And in sex.violence.blood.gore, the facade of a rigid, orderly society is peeled away to reveal chaotic passions.