Caught in Culture: 15 Stories by Young Malaysians

What is the Malaysian culture? Is it about wearing traditional clothes? Dancing to tunes played on old musical instruments? Or celebrating one of the main festivals in Malaysia? Is that what makes us who we are? Or is it the little quirks and eccentricities like our obsession with food, how we must respect elders, believe in luck and charms, and still doubt mental health is real?

In this book, 15 Malaysian writers serve up slices of Malaysian life that will look and feel very familiar—saving face, suering in silence, hiding our dirty laundry, and even letting our elders determine our future.