TABULA RASA
Country: Singapore
Author Name: JAYANTHI SANKAR
Publisner Name: Zero Degree Publishing
Original Language: English
With the protagonist Li Wei and the secondary main character Muthu, Tabula Rasa captures the Singapore life.
What are Li Wei’s challenges as a self-employed local, and what does Muthu have in mind as he lands in Singapore as a migrant worker?
While the former faces many issues with women and relationships, how does the latter manage his relationships fairly easily?
How are these two guys different in nature?
Do they have any similarities?
Li Wei has other friends like Adnan and Suresh, who are at loggerheads, yet close to him.
While this men-centric Singapore novel manages to capture their lives, it depicts colonial Singapore at its best, picturing the island’s transformation and diversity.
This postmodern historical novel transverse two centuries and also gives a glimpse of the 14-15th century.