''Corridor'' is a 1999 collection of
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
by
Alfian Sa'at, all set in present-day
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
. It received a
Singapore Literature Prize The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is a biennial award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil. The competition is organis ...
Commendation Award for 1998. It was first published by SNP Editions in 1999, and republished by
Ethos Books
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in 2015.
Contents
*"Project"
*"Video"
*"Orphans"
*"Pillow"
*"Corridor"
*"Duel"
*"Winners"
*"Cubicle"
*"Umbrella"
*"Bugis"
*"Birthday"
*"Disco"
Awards and nominations
* 1998
Singapore Literature Prize The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is a biennial award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil. The competition is organis ...
Commendation Award
Publication history
* 1999, Singapore, Raffles (SNP imprint), , paperback
* 2015, Singapore, Ethos Books, 978-981-07-7993-1, paperback
References
1999 short story collections
Singaporean short story collections
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