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Languishing Under Glass

Jason Erik Lundberg
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What do you hold onto when the world keeps transforming around you?

Two years after her husband’s death, Leia Ooi is juggling parenthood, an ageing father, and a mother who has literally transformed into a two-toed sloth. Trapped between caregiving and abandoned ambitions, Leia feels herself slowly disappearing beneath the weight of grief and responsibility.

But as Singapore prepares to celebrate its ninetieth birthday, a mysterious new epidemic reignites old fears. When an impulsive action forces Leia and her mother to flee the authorities, an impossible journey compels her to confront the pain she has long buried. As reality begins to blur with the uncanny, Leia must decide what, and who, is still worth fighting for.

Warm, witty, and utterly unforgettable, Languishing Under Glass is a deeply human novel about grief, family, and finding hope in a world that refuses to stand still.

Published: Nov/2026

ISBN: 9789815368468

Length: 208 Pages

Languishing Under Glass

Jason Erik Lundberg

What do you hold onto when the world keeps transforming around you?

Two years after her husband’s death, Leia Ooi is juggling parenthood, an ageing father, and a mother who has literally transformed into a two-toed sloth. Trapped between caregiving and abandoned ambitions, Leia feels herself slowly disappearing beneath the weight of grief and responsibility.

But as Singapore prepares to celebrate its ninetieth birthday, a mysterious new epidemic reignites old fears. When an impulsive action forces Leia and her mother to flee the authorities, an impossible journey compels her to confront the pain she has long buried. As reality begins to blur with the uncanny, Leia must decide what, and who, is still worth fighting for.

Warm, witty, and utterly unforgettable, Languishing Under Glass is a deeply human novel about grief, family, and finding hope in a world that refuses to stand still.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Amazon

Jason Erik Lundberg

Jason Erik Lundberg was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author and anthologist of 30 books, including A Fickle and Restless Weapon(2020), Most Excellent and Lamentable (2019), Diary of One Who Disappeared (2019), Carol the Coral(2016), Strange Mammals (2013), Embracing the Strange (2013), The Alchemy of Happiness (2012), Fish Eats Lion (2012) and Fish Eats Lion Redux (2022), Red Dot Irreal (2011), the bestselling six-book Bo Bo and Cha Cha children’s picture book series (2012–2015), and the award-winning and bestselling biennial Best New Singaporean Short Stories anthology series (est. 2013). He served as Fiction Editor at Epigram Books for nearly twelve years (where the books he edited won multiple awards, and made various year’s best lists), as well as Founding Editor of LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction (2012–2018). His writing has been anthologised widely, honourably mentioned twice in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and translated into half a dozen languages. He currently lectures on contemporary publishing, editorial theory & practice, and creative writing at Nanyang Technological University.