The shortlist for this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize has been announced, and a writer from Malaysia has made the cut.
Ling Low’s Weeds, a story which centres on a retired, wealthy old man who chafes at the idea of being constrained indoors, was written during the first movement control order (MCO) in Malaysia last year.
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