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2024 Christmas Story: Jury-rigged Hotpot
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Dr Nuraliah Norasid won the Epigram Books Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Gatekeeper, in 2016.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Nuraliah Norasid
The Japan Home folding table was just big enough to accommodate two. This they set up in the centre of the bare living room, directly under the non-working fan. Along with the one remaining chair from a dining set and a spare stool.
They planned to add a proper dining table that could seat four. Shelves for the books that lay in stacks against one paint-stripped wall.
