{"id":17298,"date":"2016-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/09\/27\/two-among-many\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:25:09","slug":"two-among-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2016\/09\/27\/two-among-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Among Many"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Security” from SRN’s SG Photobank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week, we feature a short story \u201cTwo Among Many\u201d by Prof Philip Holden (NUS Dept of English Language & Literature) that revolves around the lives of two people as their paths intersect in Singapore. The first character is a woman who smuggles drugs across national borders in order to save her brother from overwhelming debt. The second character is an executioner working in a prison in Singapore. \u201cTwo Among Many\u201d was inspired by Prof Holden\u2019s experience living in Singapore, and the short story explores his thoughts regarding Singapore\u2019s death penalty laws, colonial experience and economic progress. The short story was also inspired by a real situation\u2014a Vietnamese Australian received the death sentence in Singapore for carrying drugs and was executed in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To read the story, follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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