Mind the Gap

Ratna Damayanti Taha
Paperback
9789815348316

Pre-Order: This title will be published by end October 2026.

Winner of the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Mind the Gap follows Nora, a data-loving Malay girl finding her way through Singapore’s ever-expanding MRT lines and its increasingly narrow social expectations from the 1990s to the 2020s. With her sharp observations and a suspicious number of pie charts, she examines meritocracy, race and the boundaries of ambition, and learns to navigate the rules around her and to carve out a space of her own.

“My book invites readers to explore the gaps in how society defines meritocracy, success, and access, through the eyes of someone often a triple minority in many circles. My wish is that readers feel, even briefly, a kinder curiosity towards those still othered by class or skin.”
—Ratna Damayanti Taha