The Song of Silver Frond
One morning in Singapore more than 50 years ago, a wealthy, respected, handsome Chinese patriarch, head of a large household of three wives and many children and grandchildren, takes a walk by a cemetery. There, a young village egg-seller, Silver Frond, is amusing herself with a comic song-and-dance act based on popular gossip—about him. The meeting instantly changes their lives. With characteristic verve and wit, Catherine Lim traces the struggles of an unusual couple through the jungle of human quandaries and predicaments created by the force of tradition, and celebrates the ultimate triumph of an even more extraordinary force—love.
This is a first edition from the private collection of Robert Yeo. The publication bears Yeo’s signature on the inside cover.
Author: Catherine Lim
Publisher: The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Size: 24 x 16.5 x 4cm
Weight: 0.6kg
Date: 2003
Hardcover, 328 pages
ISBN: 075285691X
Condition: Minor staining on the pages of the publication. Overall, the book is in excellent condition.