Saturday 4 May 2019
4.00–6.00pm

Jason Erik Lundberg’s Diary of One Who Disappeared has just been published and has already received starred reviews. Meet the author, reflect on the themes that animate him, and get a signed copy of this outstanding novella.

The book
When Lucas Lehrer finds himself a fugitive in Tinhau, he starts encountering an odd series of coincidences. Not only does the envoy of the North American Union discover that his deep-seated desires are coming true, he also befriends a young woman who is not what she seems, and who may not be from our universe at all.

→ ‘A fantastic tale of the possibility of revolution—both personal and political inherent in every moment.’ — Ken Liu

→ ‘A striking new way of seeing Singapore, the USA and the emigrant experience in an age of renewed bigotry and environmental disaster.’ — Ng Yi-Sheng,

The author
Jason Erik Lundberg was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of over twenty books, including Red Dot Irreal (2011), The Alchemy of Happiness (2012), Fish Eats Lion (2012), Strange Mammals (2013), Embracing the Strange (2013), the six-book Bo Bo and Cha Cha children’s picture book series (2012–2015), Carol the Coral (2016), and the biennial Best New Singaporean Short Stories anthology series (2013–2019). He is also the fiction editor at Epigram Books, as well as the founding editor of LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction (2012–2018).

Free admission
Refreshments will be served

T: 04 261 9001 (Hikayat)
04 261 8001 (Gerakbudaya Bookshop @ Hikayat)
E: info@hikayat.asia
A: Hikayat, 226 Lebuh Pantai, George Town, 10300 Penang