If We Dream Too Long

If We Dream Too LongWidely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he navigates the difficult transitional period between youthful aspirations and the external demands of society and family. Since its first publication in 1972, If We Dream Too Long has moved and delighted generations of readers.

any attempt to tackle the question of rationality or irrationality of economic science and of economic realities from the angle of an a priori idea

Born in British-ruled Singapore

When Malaysia won the Thomas Cup in 1992

Gerald Lovell

and alcohol

Janet Malcolm’s books and dispatches for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books poked and prodded at reportorial and biographical convention

How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war

there is an urgent need to disengage the possibilities of genuine action within these areas

Complete with an enlightening introduction and the original Latin on facing pages

and social engagement lie at the core of our ability to understand the world and its possibilities for human flourishing

it is the Other that is eradicated

“A literary laxative for our times