“There is much to admire about this collection: precision, humour, audacity. But what gives these stories depth is that, beneath the experimentation with form and tone is an emotional honesty that manifests in the telling details, in the occasional sentence that knocks you back, and in many of the stories’ endings, which are often sudden and bracing and true. This is the first I’ve read of Tan’s work, but it won’t be the last.”
CHARLES YU, acclaimed author of
Sorry Please Thank You

“What is it like to be caught between several cultures? Inez Tan’s spare, observant stories brilliantly capture the complexities of navigating multiple generations and cultures while searching for love, community, and one’s own identity. These are stories to cherish.”
ANDREA BARRETT, National Book
Award-winning author of Ship Fever

“This Is Where I Won’t Be Alone is hilarious and heartbreaking on the nature of home, and on the fearsome and magnificent force of family, and especially about Singapore—a place as well as a state of mind— rendered with devastating deadpan wit, enormous compassion and furious love. This is a hugely impressive collection.”
JIM SHEPARD, Story Prize-winning author of
Like You’d Understand, Anyway

“A beautifully well-written collection of poignant short stories about home and belonging. Inez Tan’s heartwarming authenticity will touch the heart of every Singaporean reader, no matter which corner of the world he or she currently resides in.”
NING CAI , bestselling author of Misdirection

“This is Where I Won’t Be Alone marks the debut of a thrillingly inventive talent. Inez Tan’s stories of Singapore and Singaporeans—by turns knowingly affectionate and deeply affecting—positively shimmer with wit and insight.”
PETER HO DAVIES , Booker-longlisted
author of The Welsh Girl