Hi! I’m about to embark on a English literature research project on Southeast Asian literature and I wanted to focus on representations of pre-colonial Singapore in literature, but I’m having a bit of difficulty finding books 🙁 Just wondering if anyone here has any book recommendations? Doesn’t need to be related to pre-colonial Singapore either, can be related to other pre-colonial Southeast Asian states too! Also, doesn’t need to be a whole novel, can be short stories as well 😀
Alternatively, please suggest books/short stories with instances of Southeast Asia that have elements of feminine monstrosity (preferably related to Southeast Asian lore and myths). Will be using this topic if I can’t find any pre-colonial representations of SEA. Thanks!
P.s don’t suggest The Gatekeeper or Durga/Umayi, I’ve studied these before and I’m looking for something new 🙂
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Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell’s Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
Hmmm have you considered [The Rice Mother](https://amzn.to/3RCPgsV) or [The Harmony Silk Factory](https://amzn.to/48Eg6qs)?