Utama: A Novel
Ng Yi-Sheng
Paperback, 360 pages
9789815348026
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Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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A mythic historical novel by two-time Singapore Literature Prize winner.
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Utama reimagines the rise of Sang Nila Utama through the eyes of those who shaped his pathā exiles, warriors and queens. From the Chola invasion to a fateful sea crossing, ambition and betrayal forge an empire. As dragons fall and a sea goddess awakens, the Lion City is born.
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"Reading Utama is like being led into a secret history. Ng Yi-Sheng conjures a world where empires rise on fields of gold, sea beasts carry kings skyward and history itself ends towards magicāall carried by a writing tone that is lyrical and layered with echoes of the Malay Annals, Chinese classics and Hindu epics, with the plot unfolding in such a way that grips the reader... - Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper
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Ng Yi-Sheng
Paperback, 360 pages
9789815348026
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Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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A mythic historical novel by two-time Singapore Literature Prize winner.
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Utama reimagines the rise of Sang Nila Utama through the eyes of those who shaped his pathā exiles, warriors and queens. From the Chola invasion to a fateful sea crossing, ambition and betrayal forge an empire. As dragons fall and a sea goddess awakens, the Lion City is born.
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"Reading Utama is like being led into a secret history. Ng Yi-Sheng conjures a world where empires rise on fields of gold, sea beasts carry kings skyward and history itself ends towards magicāall carried by a writing tone that is lyrical and layered with echoes of the Malay Annals, Chinese classics and Hindu epics, with the plot unfolding in such a way that grips the reader... - Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper
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Ng Yi-Sheng
Paperback, 360 pages
9789815348026
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Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Ā
A mythic historical novel by two-time Singapore Literature Prize winner.
Ā
Utama reimagines the rise of Sang Nila Utama through the eyes of those who shaped his pathā exiles, warriors and queens. From the Chola invasion to a fateful sea crossing, ambition and betrayal forge an empire. As dragons fall and a sea goddess awakens, the Lion City is born.
Ā
"Reading Utama is like being led into a secret history. Ng Yi-Sheng conjures a world where empires rise on fields of gold, sea beasts carry kings skyward and history itself ends towards magicāall carried by a writing tone that is lyrical and layered with echoes of the Malay Annals, Chinese classics and Hindu epics, with the plot unfolding in such a way that grips the reader... - Nuraliah Norasid, author of The Gatekeeper
