Pointing to the Sky

Jamal Ismail
Jalaluddin Ahmad Jamal (translation)
Paperback, 212 pages
9789819446193

Translated from the Malay, Tunjuk Langit

“As I gaze upon the weathered trunks of the mahogany trees, I am reminded of the coarseness of existence, much like the aged skin of an elderly person plagued by eczema.”

A group of senior citizens lives at a welfare home named after Tunjuk Langit trees that grow in Choa Chu Kang. When the financially challenged home is forced to close, its residents try to keep it from being demolished. Habeb has to pull the most outrageous stunt to save the home that had been entrusted to him by the deceased owner.