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Languishing Under Glass
  • Published: 10 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9789815368468
  • Imprint: PRH SEA
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99

Languishing Under Glass

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A magical realist journey to repair a fractured mother-daughter relationship, set against a near-future Singapore where a frightening epidemic turns people into two-toed sloths

Leia Ooi's husband died two years ago, and she's raising their children on her own; in addition, her father is approaching eighty, and her mother is literally now a two-toed sloth. She feels stuck in her life and ambitions, a victim of the sandwich generation. Then, on the cusp of Singapore's ninetieth birthday, as a new and frightening epidemic threatens the country, a well-meaning acquaintance kidnaps Leia's mother from her habitat, and mother and daughter must go on the run from the authorities. As Leia confronts her unresolved grief, a series of uncanny encounters makes her doubt her own sanity and whether she'll ever be able to return to a normal life
  • Published: 10 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9789815368468
  • Imprint: PRH SEA
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Jason Erik Lundberg

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 30 books, including the bestselling six-book Bo Bo and Cha Cha children's picture book series (2012–2015), and the award-winning and bestselling biennial Best New Singaporean Short Stories anthology series (est. 2013). He served as Fiction Editor at Epigram Books for nearly twelve years (where the books he edited won multiple awards, and made various year's best lists), as well as Founding Editor of LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction (2012–2018). His writing has been anthologised widely, honourably mentioned twice in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and translated into half a dozen languages. He currently lectures on contemporary publishing, editorial theory & practice, and creative writing at Nanyang Technological University.
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