Abstract
This hybrid memoir begins and ends with a sea journey. Combining real-life story and dystopian tropical imaginary, the author takes us to the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Peninsular Malaysia, to futures of submerged cities in 2050, and on a final journey into the South China Sea off the coast of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. This is a story of climate change and rising seas entwining vignettes of pandemic lockdown, of a father’s dying, and the author’s future life submerged. It questions human survival in a world of demise, shaped by pandemic and surrounded by waters slowly but inexorably rising.
Highlights
This hybrid memoir begins and ends with a sea journey
Combining real-life story and dystopian imaginary, the author takes us to the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Peninsular Malaysia, to futures of submerged cities in 2050, and on a final journey into the South China Sea off the island of Borneo
This is a story of climate change and rising seas entwining tropical vignettes of pandemic lockdown, of a father’s dying, and the author’s future life submerged
Summary
The seas became quiet at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. From luxury cruise liners to tiny fishing boats and great cargo ships transporting goods from one part of the world to the other, vessels were grounded or stranded offshore. It is predicted that even the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer All those great chunks of ice melting and staying melted means that the sea water levels will rise and many islands and coastal areas will disappear beneath the water. The Tropics is predicted to be one of the most severely affected regions of sea level rise This is where Malaysia lies: its peninsula being the southern-most tip of continental Asia where it adjoins Singapore via a causeway constructed to facilitate commerce and travel to and from the island nation, while its eastern states share the megadiverse island of Borneo with Brunei and Indonesia. None of this is on my mind on the 14th July 2020
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