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001 3297949
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010 $a 2002017565
020 $a1569472874 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm48761762
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035 $a3297949
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB-B
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050 00 $aPR9570.S53$bC469 2002
082 00 $a823/.914$221
100 1 $aCheong, Fiona.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91052898
245 10 $aShadow theatre :$ba novel /$cFiona Cheong.
260 $aNew York :$bSoho,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $axii, 240 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Unwed and pregnant, Shakilah Nair has just returned to Singapore after fifteen years in America. The women of the neighborhood and all her old acquaintances revel in their gossip, airing speculations that are dark and wondrously imagined.".
520 8 $a"They are Straits Chinese, Indian, Malay, or a combination, and their world - contemporary Singapore - is populated by an array of spirits, seen and unseen: ghosts, vampires, and other phantoms of the shadows. Their actions are circumscribed by the spirits' powers; their comfort comes equally from the Catholic church and from the local witch doctor.
520 8 $aThe questions they feel impelled to resolve are the identity of the mysterious diamond woman, who is said to have used a magic potion on her husband, and the reason for Shakilah's return."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWomen$zSingapore$vFiction.
651 0 $aSingapore$vFiction.
655 7 $aDomestic fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026295
655 7 $aGhost stories.$2gsafd
852 00 $boff,glx$hPR9570.S53$iC469 2002
852 00 $bbar$hPR9570.S53$iC469 2002