Now That It's Over<Winner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize> During 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, Now That It’s Over weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters. |
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... things out.” When Ai Ling pressed for more details, Cody became cautious and vague in his replies. She gave up trying after a while and put the whole matter aside; she'd take it up later when the time was right. Fortunately, there were ...
... things out.” When Ai Ling pressed for more details, Cody became cautious and vague in his replies. She gave up trying after a while and put the whole matter aside; she'd take it up later when the time was right. Fortunately, there were ...
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... thing you can feel is a debilitating heaviness, seeping into every part of you—it is a deeply familiar sensation, from a time long ago. A distant memory surfaces: the death of someone—but whom? Your mind is blank. The curtains are drawn ...
... thing you can feel is a debilitating heaviness, seeping into every part of you—it is a deeply familiar sensation, from a time long ago. A distant memory surfaces: the death of someone—but whom? Your mind is blank. The curtains are drawn ...
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... thing that makes any sense is the recent memory that keeps looping through my mind. I was lying on the beach after a long tussle with the sea. I could feel the gritty texture of wet sand on my face; my lips were crusted with salt, and a ...
... thing that makes any sense is the recent memory that keeps looping through my mind. I was lying on the beach after a long tussle with the sea. I could feel the gritty texture of wet sand on my face; my lips were crusted with salt, and a ...
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... thing at the right time—an unseen and unknown catalyst that had sparked off yet another chain of regrettable events. And he would redouble his efforts, adhering even more staunchly to his quest for perfection; he would not give in to ...
... thing at the right time—an unseen and unknown catalyst that had sparked off yet another chain of regrettable events. And he would redouble his efforts, adhering even more staunchly to his quest for perfection; he would not give in to ...
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... things that would matter to her in the long run, but she was only twentyone then and had not yet seen the world, and she did not want to settle just yet. Perhaps, in an unconscious reaction to her gradual drifting away, Ian began to ...
... things that would matter to her in the long run, but she was only twentyone then and had not yet seen the world, and she did not want to settle just yet. Perhaps, in an unconscious reaction to her gradual drifting away, Ian began to ...
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