{"product_id":"now-that-its-over","title":"Now That It's Over","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, Singapore Book Awards 2017 (Best Fiction Title)\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2016 English (Adult) Books category\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the Christmas holidays in 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that devastates fourteen countries. Two couples from Singapore are vacationing in Phuket when the tsunami strikes. Alternating between the aftermath of the catastrophe and past events that led these characters to that fateful moment, \u003cem\u003eNow That It’s Over\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eO Thiam Chin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the winner of the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize, the richest literary award in Singapore, with a cash prize of S$20,000 and a publishing contract with Epigram Books. He is also the author of five collections of short fiction:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFree-Falling Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2006),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Been Better\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2009),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder The Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2010),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rest Of Your Life and Everything That Comes With It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2011) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove, Or Something Like Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013, shortlisted for the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis short stories have appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eā\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003enoa\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe International Literary Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsia Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCha: An Asian Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKyoto Journal\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jakarta Post\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Straits Times\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsiatic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEsquire (Singapore)\u003c\/em\u003e. His short fiction was also selected for the first two volumes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanthology series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eO was an honorary fellow of the Iowa International Writing Program in 2010, a recipient of the NAC Young Artist Award in 2012, and has been thrice longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. He has appeared frequently at writers festivals in Australia, Indonesia and Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49379326394627,"sku":null,"price":96.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/now-that-its-over-1.webp?v=1786000350","url":"https:\/\/grassrootsbookroom.com\/products\/now-that-its-over","provider":"草根书室","version":"1.0","type":"link"}