The First Five: A New Collection of Southeast Asian Writing
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ethos Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 213 |
| Price | S$20.00 |
| ISBN | 9789811147746 |
- Both book and publisher's website only state 2017 as the publication date.
- Genre contents data from the Big Sky Library as of 2018-12-05; a title by an author whose non-genre works are also indexed at the ISFDB are also listed here.
- tp publication has front and back cover flaps. The front flap lists the authors and their stories or poems not in order of their appearance in the book. Contents pages list the stories and poems only, without the authors. The first pages of each story also do not state the author, and these are derived from the front cover flap. A second Contents list, an "Index of Works" listed alphabetically by title, is on page 196.
- Back cover flap lists the five publishers from different countries around Southeast Asia who are to publish this collection.
- Publication includes a Foreword credited only to "The publishers", and is divided into two sections, 'Fiction' and 'Poetry'.
- No cover price, price from publisher's website.
- Cover design by Foo Peiying.
Searching by ISBN: 9789811147746
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Sawerigading Came from the Sea | Faisal Oddang | Short Story |
| 50 | Kakak | William Tham Wai Liang | Short Story |
| 93 | This Is the Story | Dean Francis Alfar | Short Story |
| 104 | Nesting in the Crevice of a Human Ribcage | Teo Yi Han | Short Story |
| 119 | Tree House | Clara Chow | Short Story |
| 143 | A Dying Business | Pongwut Rujirachakorn | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The First Five: A New Collection of Southeast Asian Writing |
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2018 | Silkworm Books | Trade Paperback | Anthology |