{"product_id":"dakota-1","title":"Dakota","description":"Dakota 达哥打 by Wong Koi Tet, winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize (Chinese Creative Non-fiction), meets readers in an English translation by Shanna Tan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDakota is a sharp and whimsical work of literary creative non-fiction about coming-of-age in the 1970-80s in an iconic Singapore neighbourhood lost to urban renewal named Dakota Crescent. The deeply personal vignettes stitch together a mosaic of Singapore’s urban history. Humorous with a touch of melancholy, Wong Koi Tet’s evocative writing makes us reflect on place as an anchor of history, heritage and home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dakota is about a place that has expired, about distant memories and forgotten things, but writing it enveloped me in a comforting intimacy. – Wong Koi Tet","brand":"bookshop.lol","offers":[{"title":"City Book Room | 城市书房","offer_id":43689935994958,"sku":"9789811892363","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wardah Books","offer_id":43689936027726,"sku":"9789811892363","price":27.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/3857\/4926\/files\/210970208.jpg?v=1777365047","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.lol\/products\/dakota-1","provider":"bookshop.lol","version":"1.0","type":"link"}