{"product_id":"the-colour-of-twilight","title":"The Colour of Twilight","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil his death in 2021, Yeng Pway Ngon was widely regarded as one of Singapore’s most important Sinophone writers, having won the Singapore Literature Prize three times, among other honours. His final novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in Chinese (《黄昏的颜色》） in 2019 and will be available to English readers in Jeremy Tiang’s translation, published by City Book Room in January 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Colour of Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an elegy — for its protagonist, an ageing widower who wonders if he has wasted his life by devoting it to literature, and also for the traditions and community that have been swept away by the relentless capitalism and modernisation of Singapore.\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\u003cb\u003eYeng Pway Ngon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1947-2021) received the Cultural Medallion for Literature in 2003. He published 31 volumes of poetry, fiction, essays, plays and literary criticism in Chinese. In 2013, he taught novel and short story writing at Nanyang Technological University's Chinese Language Department, under the Chinese Writing Residency Project. In the same year, he received the S.E.A.Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award). Yeng received the National Book Development Council's Book Award for 1987-88 and the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. His poetry and novels have been translated into English and Italian.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Translator\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJEREMY TIANG\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, playwright and the International Booker longlisted translator of over 30 books from Chinese, including Yeng Pway Ngon's previous novels\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnrest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCostume\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a two-time winner of the Singapore Literature Prize, for his translation of Zhang Yueran's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCocoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand for his novel State of Emergency ; his short story collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt Never Rains on National Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas shortlisted for the same prize. His plays include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e之死\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(Obie Award for Outstanding New Play),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Limehouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dream of Red Pavilions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Book Room","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49379300114691,"sku":null,"price":82.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/the-colour-of-twilight-1.webp?v=1785999828","url":"https:\/\/grassrootsbookroom.com\/products\/the-colour-of-twilight","provider":"草根书室","version":"1.0","type":"link"}