Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.
After missing her father’s funeral, Irin Omar finds her orderly librarian life with the Borobudur restoration project turned upside down as she inherits a safe deposit box containing an unknown item as part of her father’s will. Chasing answers across Asia and Europe, her historical knowledge and love for her father persists as she tries to uncover some of the archipelago’s biggest hidden secrets while discovering a few familial skeletons of her own.
© 2020 by Erni Salleh. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789180137867
© 2020 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901130
Release date
Audiobook: 12 March 2021
Ebook: 1 October 2020
Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.
After missing her father’s funeral, Irin Omar finds her orderly librarian life with the Borobudur restoration project turned upside down as she inherits a safe deposit box containing an unknown item as part of her father’s will. Chasing answers across Asia and Europe, her historical knowledge and love for her father persists as she tries to uncover some of the archipelago’s biggest hidden secrets while discovering a few familial skeletons of her own.
© 2020 by Erni Salleh. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.
© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789180137867
© 2020 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814901130
Release date
Audiobook: 12 March 2021
Ebook: 1 October 2020
Step into an infinite world of stories
Overall rating based on 11 ratings
Thought-provoking
Informative
Page-turner
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Fauziah
10 May 2021
I never expected a Singaporean writer could write an exciting page-turner as good as an American writer. Kudos to Erni Salleh. Brava ! Please write more books and thrill us with more global adventures and educate us on more historical sites around the world.
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