Function 8 has published The Mighty Wave by He Jin as an e-book.
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Mighty Wave is a novel written by He Jin who was a student involved in the crucial student protest against compulsory national service under colonial rule in 1954. This incident was recognised by the Late Mr Tan Jing Quee as the turning point in the history of Singapore’s anti colonial struggle. It was this incident that brought the Chinese Middle School students to the attention of the English educated university students who were also involved in the anti colonial struggle. Tan Jing Quee was the first self taught historian to recognise the importance of this book. Though he was already ill with cancer and suffering from blindness, he was determined to bring this important novel written in Chinese to the English audience.
The translation by the three editors, Tan Jing Quee (lawyer), Hong Lysa (historian) and Loh Miao Gong (elected member of legislative assembly who was deprived of her seat) may not be perfect. The translators have explained the process of how they translated the book in their Introduction. Nevertheless they give us an insight into the struggle of Chinese students against oppressive colonialism. Many of them, including He Jin, suffered immense setbacks in their lives and were forced into exile.
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