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Clarissa Goenawan is an award-winning author from Singapore. Set in Japan, her most recent novel Watersong (2022) follows protagonist Shouji Arai. When he crosses one of his company’s most powerful clients, Shouji must leave Akakawa immediately or risk his life. But his girlfriend Youko is nowhere to be found. He travels to Tokyo to track her down, where he finds that not everything he told her about herself is true. In this novel, Clarissa explores loves lost and recovered, secrets never spoken, and how our pasts shape our futures.
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Clarissa Goenawan adalah penulis pemenang penghargaan dari Singapura. Berlatar Jepang, novel terbarunya Watersong (2022) mengikuti protagonis Shouji Arai. Ketika ia melewati salah satu klien terkuat perusahaannya, Shouji harus segera meninggalkan Akakawa atau mempertaruhkan nyawanya. Tapi pacarnya Youko tidak bisa ditemukan. Ia melakukan perjalanan ke Tokyo untuk melacaknya, di mana ia menemukan bahwa tidak semua yang dikatakan tentang dirinya adalah benar. Dalam novel ini, Clarissa mengeksplorasi cinta yang hilang dan pulih, rahasia yang tidak pernah terucap, dan bagaimana masa lalu kita membentuk masa depan kita.
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Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer and translator. Her short stories have won several awards. Rainbirds, her debut novel, has been published in eleven different languages. Her second novel, The Perfect …