And Love The Wind And Rain
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Published on the 100th day anniversary of Kuo Pao Kun’s passing, this book is a loving tribute to the “most important cultural figure in Singapore’s history” and a significant dramatist, teacher and public intellectual in Asia.
The book features writing, translations, photographs and audio-visual materials from Kuo, his mentees and contemporaries including Quah Sy Ren, Han Laoda and Sim Wong Hoo.
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The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun ①: Plays in Chinese (The 1960s and the 1970s)
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Hey, Wake Up! (1968), The Struggle (1969), Items from “An Evening of Poetry and Short Plays” (1969), which replaced The Struggle after its ban two weeks before opening night.
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The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun ⑨: Life and Work: A Pictorial Record
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The Complete Works of Kuo Pao Kun ⑧: Interviews
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The book contains full-length features on Kuo’s life and artistic practice, comments and interviews published in the media, and transcripts of speeches and dialogues with other arts practitioners. It also contains the previously unpublished “Random Thoughts on Detention”. Written during the lowest point of his life and filled with hope and spiritual freedom, it will give readers a new understanding of Kuo’s profound outlook on life.
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