About
Jeremy Tiang is the author of State of Emergency (Epigram Books, 2017; winner of the Singapore Literature Prize) and It Never Rains on National Day (Epigram Books, 2015). His translations from Chinese include novels by Li Er, Zhang Yueran, Chan Ho-Kei and Yeng Pway Ngon, and non-fiction books by Yu Qiuyu, Wong Yoon Wah and Jackie Chan. He also writes and translates plays. Jeremy is the Managing Editor of Pathlight Journal. He lives in Brooklyn.
Featured Work
State of Emergency
Siew Li leaves her husband and children in Tiong Bahru to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency. And in Singapore, Siew Li's niece Stella finds herself accused of being a Marxist conspirator.
Jeremy Tiang's debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region. What happens when the things that divide us also bind us together?
