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''The Woman's Book of Superlatives'' is a short story collection written by Singaporean writer Catherine Lim, first published in 1993〔http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_461_2005-01-17.html. Retrieved on April 2, 2013.〕 by Times Edition Pte Ltd. It is a collection with feminist overtones. ==Plot summaries (Stories' order)== *"Prologue: Images": The author writes of the "scorpions" women received instead of the eggs. *"The Enemy": A girl's incipient breast development leads to her being raped by her stepfather. *"For the Gift of a Man's Understanding": A female secretary is sexually harassed by her immediate superior. *"Bina": An 11-year-old child bride is sold to a lecherous Arab man of 65 for $2,000. *"The Paper Women": A divorcée with a Sterilization Certificate encounters a virgin prostitute with a her Virginal Certificate and a Filipino maid with a Certificate of Non-Pregnancy. *"The Rest is Bonus": Meenachi offers food to a shrine goddess for protecting her from domestic abuse, even though her husband kills her unborn child. *"The Song of Golden Frond": A Chinese bondmaid falls in love with a scholar, and bears witness to the licentiousness in her master's household. *"The Solace of Guilt": 47-year-old Andrew nurses a guilty conscience for causing the death of a Thai child prostitute. *"The Revenge": A mother teaches a daughter to cut off a man's organ for having his way with the daughter. *"The Feast of the Hungry Ghosts": The Feast provides the well-needed food for a homeless woman and her brood of children. *"Transit to Heaven": Feminist author Dora Warren gets a glimpse of women's heaven, who are divided into the E-Station (Egg) and the S-Station (Scorpion). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Woman's Book of Superlatives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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