Catherine Lim

24 featured booksCatherine Lim

Catherine Lim born in 1942 in Kulim, Malaysia. She received her B.A. from the University of Malaya in 1963 and immigrated to Singapore in 1967. Her first short story collection was published in 1978. Her first novel (The Serpent's Tooth) was published in 1982. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore in 1988. She and attended Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990 as a Fulbright Scholar. She has also worked as a teacher of Socio-Linguistics and Literature. In 1992, she decided to write full-time. She has published more than 10 collections of short stories, five novels, and two poetry collections.

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Miss Seetoh in the World
Representative edition published 2011
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The Bondmaid
Representative edition published 2011
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Following the Wrong God Home
Representative edition published 2011
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The Catherine Lim Collection
Representative edition published 2010
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Humoresque
Representative edition published 2006
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Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral
Representative edition published 2005
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The Song of Silver Frond
Representative edition published 2004
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A Leap of Love
Representative edition published 2003
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Following the wrong god home
Representative edition published 2001
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La maîtresse de Jade
Representative edition published 2000
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The howling silence
Representative edition published 1999
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The Bondmaid
Representative edition published 1999
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Das Amulett aus Jade
Representative edition published 1999
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The teardrop story woman
Representative edition published 1998
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The teardrop story woman
Representative edition published 1998
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Little Ironies
Representative edition published 1998
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The best of Catherine Lim
Representative edition published 1993
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The woman's book of superlatives
Representative edition published 1993
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Meet me on the Queen Elizabeth 2!
Representative edition published 1993
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O Singapore!
Representative edition published 1989
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Or else, The Lightning God & other stories
Representative edition published 1988
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The man who rode a tiger
Representative edition published 1985
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They do return
Representative edition published 1983
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The serpent's tooth
Representative edition published 1982
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