Medical Records
by Ang Jin Yong
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Year Published: May 2021 Pages: 102pp Language: Traditional Chinese Retail Price: SGD18 (Singapore) Dimensions: 190x130mm ISBN: 978-981-14-8894-8 (Paperback) Buyer Request: Final PDF Available Publisher/Imprint: TrendLit Publishing (Singapore) Rights Available: Traditional Script, World except China, Hong Kong and Taiwan; Simplified Script, World. (Rights for Translation: World) Suggested Categorisation: Poetry, Contemporary Literature, Chinese Diaspora, Sinophone Studies |
Highlights:
- Reviews and recommendations from Assoc. Prof. Yow Chuen Hoe, from Nanyang Technological University, School of Humanities, Chinese Division, and Prof. Michelle Yeh, from University of California Davis, Faculty of Comparative Literature.
About Medical Records
Medical Records is Ang Jin Yong's debut poetry collection, featuring thirty-five "medical records" that use illness as a metaphor to examine the various facets of urban prosperity. These "cases" reflect the everyday realities we encounter—those gravely ill but avoiding treatment, others who complain despite being healthy, and some unaware of their own "sickness." Through these poems, Ang seeks to prompt readers to reflect on the root causes of these conditions, encouraging them to seek or prepare antidotes, or simply to better understand the ailments after prolonged exposure. Ultimately, the collection suggests that the health of a city should not be the concern of doctors alone, but of all its inhabitants.
About the Writer
Ang Jin Yong (b. 1991) is the current Operations Director and Editor of TrendLit Publishing. He published his debut poetry collection, Medical Records, in 2021, and has edited numerous anthologies and works, including Never Before—50 Essential Poems (2018), The Inventors (2023) and What Gives Us Our Names (2024), etc.
出版物簡介
《病例》是洪均榮（筆名空·龍貓）的第一本詩集，收集了三十五首「案例」，企圖以疾病為隱喻，並建立起一本檔案去探索一座城市繁華表徵下的各種「病症」。宗宗「病例」無不是日常所見所聞，有的已病入膏肓卻諱疾忌醫，有的無病呻吟，有的連自己「病」了也渾然無知。詩集將這些「病例」記錄在案，有意引起讀者反思，去探究病因，最好尋找與炮製解藥，最後「久病成良醫」。因為關心這座城市病例的不應只是醫生，也應該包括這座城市所有的人們。
作者簡介
洪均榮，筆名「空·龙猫」，1991年生于新加坡，现任新文潮出版社的創社編輯。曾擔任《WhyNot不為什麼》主編，也編有《一首詩的時間》（2015與2016）、《不可預期——詩精50首》（2018）、《The Inventors》（2023）、《What Gives Us Our Names》（2024）等。深信寫詩／創作要像張無忌，越忘得徹底，招式越打得厲害。