{"product_id":"commonwealth","title":"Commonwealth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheophilus Kwek\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 104 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781800174832\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates, the name “Commonwealth” also gestures to the long tail of the British Empire and still-potent dreams of equitable distribution. Theophilus Kwek’s Commonwealth uncovers rich seams of history, replete with conquests, tragedies and shared visions of the future. Taking its starting-point as the massive Bukit Ho Swee fires of the 196os – an event as deeply seared into the history of the poet’s family as the nation’s own – Commonwealth traces the dislocations and relocations that have come before it, and in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheophilus’s earlier poetry collections dealt with questions of personal rootedness and larger-scale displacement. With his signature adeptness in poetic form, Theophilus embarks on a new departure with Commonwealth, drawing on a wide array of documentary and oral history sources to address upheavals of individual and collective lives within our densely populated city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40836044947491,"sku":"9781800174832","price":21.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_3274_7436951d-ff29-47df-bc82-15bebd3549db.jpg?v=1748246190","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/commonwealth","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}