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書名｜Title：馬來素描（"Malay Sketches" Chinese Edition）
作者｜Author：亞非言（Alfian Sa'at）
譯者｜Translator：蘇穎欣（Show Ying Xin）
繪者｜Illustrator：Bodhi IA
ISBN：978-986-92381-8-2
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內容簡介
書寫新加坡少數被消音、形形色色的人物故事
閱讀亞非言的《馬來素描》就像坐在新加坡最長的地鐵東西線車廂內。三十幾站，五十幾公里的旅程。用一小時餘的時間，隨著列車橫貫島國兩端，在高架軌道上俯瞰地面風景。
這一本速寫／素描作品以極短篇的方式完成，像是呼應著新加坡的地理面積和生活步伐。作家彷彿帶著一台照相機，在新加坡街頭拍下了日常瞬間，潛入組屋區裡的生活片刻，駐足，按下快門鍵，為讀者放送各種趨近的、逃離的、扭曲的、溫柔的、痛苦的生活觀察和想像。例如書中以地名為篇章的極短作品，以數段文字描寫定格畫面，卻也如精靈般自由進入人們的思與言。
新加坡青年作家亞非言，是著名雙語詩人、小說家和劇作家，也是新加坡政府眼中的「異議分子」。書中形形色色的人物，是在新加坡主流發展敘事中被消音的一群少數族群，只佔總人口百分之十五的馬來人，他們彷彿是獨立前未曾存在的土著，獨立後總跟不上發展步伐的「落後」族群。作者透過這些短篇故事，揭露新加坡在英才治理、多元文化主義、世俗主義等現代性話語下衍生的種種問題，而馬來人的「落後性」被視為種種社會問題的源頭。他們生長於家國，卻漸漸成了無家者，是新加坡馬來人面對的困境。
亞非言的書寫實踐繼承自上世紀馬來知識分子傳統，作品皆有高度社會關懷和歷史意識，亞非言筆下的馬來人，是各個尋找聲音的活生生主體。
Writing about the silenced minority in Singapore
Reading Malay Sketches is like sitting on the longest East-West line train in Singapore, using about one hour’s time to traverse more than 30 stations and 50 kilometers from one end to another, overlooking the scenery on the ground. These sketches of Singapore is written in the form of flash fiction, echoing the island’s geographical area and pace of living. As if the writer brings with him a camera, captures the everyday moment on the street, or sneaks into the life of people in the HDB flats. He makes stops, snaps pictures, and shows his readers various observations and imaginations of life. As can be seen in the chapters titled by place names, the writer freely enters into people’s mind and thoughts to illustrate the frozen moments.
Alfian Sa’at is a well-known Singapore bilingual writer, poet and playwright. He is also regarded by the Singapore government as a political dissident. Most characters in the stories belong to a minority community in Singapore - the Malays who made up 15% of the population – who are often marginalized and silenced. In the mainstream narrative, they are as though the disappearing indigenous population whose “backwardness” prevents them from participating in the rapid development of the modern society. Malay Sketches unveils all the problems hidden under such modernity discourse that focuses on meritocracy, multiculturalism and secularism. Born and raised at home but becoming “homeless” is the common dilemma facing the Malays in Singapore. Alfian Sa’at’s writing practice is inherited from the Malay intellectual tradition in the last century, which bases itself on social awareness and historical consciousness. The Malays in the stories are not objects to be narrated, but as living subjects in search for their voices.
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目錄
譯序：速寫星國日常
01. 皈依者
02. 失去聯繫
03. 三姐妹
04. 巴耶利峇，清晨五點
05. 鄉村收音機
06. 黃昏禮拜之後
07. 過夜
08. 芽籠士乃，清晨六點
09. 巨乳女鬼的故事
10. 於事無補
11. 犧牲
12. 淡賓尼，早上七點
13. 給我弄個簡單的
14. 早晨接送
15. 膚淺焦點
16. 直落布蘭雅，早上八點
17. 垃圾女孩
18. 吸血敲敲鬼
19. 證據
20. 丹絨巴葛，中午十二點
21. 洞
22. 淨身
23. 送行
24. 巴西班讓，下午三點
25. 嚎叫
26. 吸血女鬼的故事
27. 理髮店
28. 武吉巴督，下午五點
29. 他的生日禮物
30. 外語
31. 團聚
32. 勿洛，晚上七點
33. 鬼仔的故事
34. 重來
35. 抽屜
36. 巴耶利峇，晚上八點
37. 重力
38. 新加坡之夜
39. 訪客
40. 甘榜格南，晚上十點
41. 借來的男孩
42. 代唱
43. 兩兄弟
44. 加冷，午夜十二點
45. 星星之丘
46. 巴士後座的男孩
47. 孩子
48. 加基武吉，凌晨三點
Translator’s Preface
1. The Convert
2. Losing Touch
3. Three Sisters
4. Paya Lebar, 5 AM
5. Village Radio
6. After The Dusk Prayers
7. Overnight
8. Geylang Serai, 6 AM
9. A Hantu Tetek Story
10. Cold Comfort
11. Sacrifice
12. Tampines, 7 AM
13. Give Me A Simple One
14. The Morning Ride
15. Shallow Focus
16. Telok Blangah, 8 AM
17. Litter Girl
18. A Hantu Kumkum Story
19. Proof
20. Tanjong Pagar, 12 Noon
21. The Hole
22. The Bath
23. The Sendoff
24. Pasir Panjang, 3 PM
25. A Howling
26. A Pontianak Story
27. The Barbershop
28. Bukit Batok, 5 PM
29. His Birthday Present
30. Foreign Language
31. Reunion
32. Bedok, 7 PM
33. A Toyol Story
34. Second Take
35. The Drawer
36. Paya Lebar, 8 PM
37. Gravity
38. Singapore By Night
39. Visitors
40. Kampung Glam, 10 PM
41. The Borrowed Boy
42. Playback
43. Two Brothers
44. Kallang, 12 Midnight
45. A Starry Hill
46. The Boy At The Back Of The Bus
47. Child
48. Kaki Bukit, 3 AM
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作者簡介Author
亞非言 Alfian Sa'at
新加坡小說家、詩人、劇作家，以英語和馬來語雙語創作，亦翻譯馬來文學作品。他是新加坡野米劇場（Wild Rice）常駐劇作家。出版作品包括三本詩集《One Fierce Hour》（1998）、《A History of Amnesia》（2001）和《The Invisible Manuscript》（2012），短篇小說集《Corridor》（1999），極短篇《Malay Sketches》（2012），劇作《Cooling Off Day》（2012）以及三部劇作集。
2001年，亞非言贏得新加坡金筆獎詩歌獎，以及新加坡國家藝術理事會青年藝術家獎（文學類）。他也三次獲得新加坡文學獎提名（1999年、2004年和2016年），四度贏得《海峽時報》「生活！戲劇獎」最佳原創劇本——《Landmarks》（2004）、《Nadirah》（2010）、《Kakak Kau Punya Laki》（2013）和《Hotel》（2016）。他也是新加坡戲劇節的共同藝術總監。
Alfian Sa’at is the Resident Playwright of Wild Rice. His published works include three collections of poetry, ‘One Fierce Hour’, ‘A History of Amnesia’ and ‘The Invisible Manuscript’, a collection of short stories, ‘Corridor’, a collection of flash fiction, ‘Malay Sketches’, three collections of plays as well as the published play ‘Cooling Off Day’.
In 2001, Alfian won the Golden Point Award for Poetry as well as the National Arts Council Young Artist Award for Literature. He has also been nominated for the Singapore Literature Prize three times, for 'Corridor' (1999, Commendation Prize), ‘A History of Amnesia’ (2004) and his translation of the novel ‘The Widower’ (2016).
Alfian has won Best Original Script at the Life! Theatre Awards four times, for ‘Landmarks’ (2004), ‘Nadirah’ (2010), 'Kakak Kau Punya Laki' (Your Sister's Husband, 2013) and Hotel’ (with Marcia Vanderstraaten, 2016). He is also the co-artistic director of the biennial Singapore Theatre Festival.
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譯者簡介 Translator
蘇穎欣 Show Ying Xin
馬來西亞人。新加坡南洋理工大學文學博士。目前為澳洲國立大學文化、歷史暨語言學院博士後研究員兼講師，亦是自由譯者。研究興趣為東南亞歷史與文學，尤其是新加坡、馬來西亞和印尼的知識和文化生產。她也是吉隆坡「亞答屋84號圖書館」和「業餘者」共同創辦人。
Show Ying Xin is a postdoctoral fellow at the Malaysia Institute, Australian National University and lecturer at ANU's School of Culture, History & Language. She received a Ph.D. in literature from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is interested in Southeast Asian history and literature, especially the knowledge and cultural productions in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. She is also a translator, and co-founder of Rumah Attap Library & Collective and Amateur in Kuala Lumpur.
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繪者簡介 Illustrator
Bodhi IA
視覺藝術家，活躍於印尼日惹Ruang Gulma Collective 藝術空間 ，致力於探索媒體藝術、音樂與文學，並創立Flyingpants.lab視覺設計工作室。
Bodhi IA is a visual artist from Ruang Gulma Collective in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He explores media arts, music and literature in his works, and he is the founder of Flyingpants.lab visual design studio.
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