Brent E. Horner
Brent Horner is a freelance writer living in Hong Kong and winner of SCMP/RTHK Short Story Competition 2000
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
BRENT E. HORNER | 28 August 2002I tell ya, I tried like the devil not to like this book. This here THE MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT, the famous first novel (now available in paperback) written by the young desert-dwelling American, Mister BRADY UDALL. There were just a few things about it that put me off, a bit.
For starters, the well-known opening line, dominating the backcover blurb as it does, seemed just a little too slick, didn't it? A little too... [ more ]
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
BRENT E. HORNER | 09 March 2002WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE, the debut of TESS URIZA HOLTHE, an American-born Filipina, aims to introduce English readers to some of the proud and magical history of the Philippines.
The title of the story comes from the invented saying, "When the elephants dance, the chickens must be careful", which TESS URIZA HOLTHE uses to describe the Philippines' position during the pivotal days of World War II when Japanese and American forces fought... [ more ]
The Bridegroom by Ha Jin
BRENT E. HORNER | 29 December 2001Even though HA JIN hasn't been back to his homeland since before the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1984, he never seems to run out of stories about China. Over the past decade, his powerful tales from the Chinese hinterlands have established HA JIN as one of the most prolific, and prize-honored, authors in his adopted home of America.
In 1996, HA JIN's debut short story collection, Ocean of... [ more ]
Down Under by Bill Bryson
BRENT E. HORNER | 21 September 2001In BILL BRYSON's DOWN UNDER, the popular author sets foot in Asia for the first time in print. As usual, we are rewarded with an entertaining and informative adventure that only Bryson could pull off.
But how does this unlikeliest of best-selling travel writers do it?
"Consider the platypus." He asks of us to open one chapter.
BRENT E. HORNER | 01 August 2001MAMMON, INC explores a dilemma that should sound familiar to many 20-somethings. Should the freshly graduated protagonist, Chiah Deng, pursue a meaningful, even spiritual, path in life? Or should she sell out and take a fat job working for The Man?
Author HWEE HWEE TAN - like her main character, a Singapore/Oxford product - brings a fresh trans-cultural perspective to bear on this classic Gen-X story line.... [ more ]
