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Paper & Text: The Trials and Trade of Malaysia Literature

Call no.: : 808.899595 PAP
Author: : editor by William Tham Wai Liang
Contributor: : Fezzanne Anak Raymond Umpu
Summary: A translator, two academics, a publisher, a booksheller.They share their thoughts on the state of Malaysian literature and the book trade, an ecosystem right on the edge of a permanent digital transformation, still navigating the familiar issues of identity, of beloging and Othering. They dive deep into the workings of the local literary ecosystem, including largerly invisible steps such as translation, publication and distribution as well as the communities that sustain the creation of the literature. Paper & Text is a useful introduction to the dynamics of the book trade, and attempts to address that ubiquitous question: What is Malaysian literature?