Sister Snake, Amanda Lee Koe's latest novel, is a reimagination of the Legend Of The White Snake in Singapore. SINGAPORE – The seeds of Singapore author Amanda Lee Koe’s latest millennium-spanning, queer-inflected fantasy Sister Snake were planted when she was just eight years old. Sneaking a peek at the television long after her bedtime, her young eyes caught sight of actresses Joey Wong and Maggie Cheung in Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s film Green Snake (1993), respectively “beautiful” and “vivacious” – and “both so bad-a**”.
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