Media Room
Below are media reviews, press releases and interviews about Robert and his books.
Revisiting tales -- Interview by The Malay Mail (By Gabey Goh), 5 Nov 2008
Review in CLEO magazine - Nov 2008
Review in Air Asia's Travel 3Sixty magazine - Oct 2008
Review by The Sun - 20 August 2008
The Sun, August 20 2008
Lovers and Strangers Revisited
Author: Robert Raymer
Publisher: MPH Publishing
US-BORN writer Raymer has lived in Malaysia for 20 years and taught creative writing at two of our local universities. His short stories and articles have been published in various magazines such Reader's Digest, The Expat and Far East Traveller.
This book is a series of short stories, some which the writer based on real life incidences and some as a mere observer. You get a strong feeling that stories like "Mat Salleh", "Lovers and Strangers", "Dark Blue Thread" and "Only in Malaysia" may be very personal as they all talk about an American man and his relationship with an Asian woman.
They also talk about the vast gap between both worlds in a manner that is believable and are among the best in the collection.
Another interesting story in this book is "Neighbours", which is about a man who tries to kill himself and is rushed to the hospital by a neighbour. His neighbours start gossiping about the man and his family but none stick around to tell his wife and daughter what happened when they return home.
"Waiting", on the other hand, is a bit of a disappointment. The story of a woman waiting for her father to return home only to be faced with a startling reality is all too familiar and lacks the depth of the other stories.
As a whole, the short stories are all well written and Raymer doesn't meander about the plot, even if the stories sounds a little too personal. Read the introduction as it will give you an insight into the writer's mind. – S. Indra Sathiabalan
Lovers and Strangers Revisited
Author: Robert Raymer
Publisher: MPH Publishing
US-BORN writer Raymer has lived in Malaysia for 20 years and taught creative writing at two of our local universities. His short stories and articles have been published in various magazines such Reader's Digest, The Expat and Far East Traveller.
This book is a series of short stories, some which the writer based on real life incidences and some as a mere observer. You get a strong feeling that stories like "Mat Salleh", "Lovers and Strangers", "Dark Blue Thread" and "Only in Malaysia" may be very personal as they all talk about an American man and his relationship with an Asian woman.
They also talk about the vast gap between both worlds in a manner that is believable and are among the best in the collection.
Another interesting story in this book is "Neighbours", which is about a man who tries to kill himself and is rushed to the hospital by a neighbour. His neighbours start gossiping about the man and his family but none stick around to tell his wife and daughter what happened when they return home.
"Waiting", on the other hand, is a bit of a disappointment. The story of a woman waiting for her father to return home only to be faced with a startling reality is all too familiar and lacks the depth of the other stories.
As a whole, the short stories are all well written and Raymer doesn't meander about the plot, even if the stories sounds a little too personal. Read the introduction as it will give you an insight into the writer's mind. – S. Indra Sathiabalan
Borneo Post newspaper (Postmag)
"Capturing the Human Spirit" by Margaret Apau of Borneo Post, Sunday Postmag (Personality), pg 3-4, 20 May 2007.
When asked for a rough time-line of his life, Robert Raymer didn’t start with the date of his birth - he started with the year 1978 - the year he graduated from Miami University and promptly decided that he would take a chance and see the world.
Growing up in Pennsylvania and living a fairly average, normal life, the American never imagined that he would eventually be globe-trotting it solo through 34 countries before settling down in Penang for the next 20 years of his life.
Raymer has a long list of writing credits that would impress even the most prolific writers. Since putting down his roots in Penang in 1985 he has written 200 articles, 80 short stories in such publications as Literary Review, Going Places, Silver Kris, Far East Traveler, The Expat, and Reader’s Digest. He has also written a play, an adaptation of his short story Neighbours – selected to be taught for SPM Literature in 2008, four novels and four screenplays. In addition, Raymer had taught creative writing for ten years at Universiti Sains Malaysia, and is now teaching at Unimas in Kuching.
When asked for a rough time-line of his life, Robert Raymer didn’t start with the date of his birth - he started with the year 1978 - the year he graduated from Miami University and promptly decided that he would take a chance and see the world.
Growing up in Pennsylvania and living a fairly average, normal life, the American never imagined that he would eventually be globe-trotting it solo through 34 countries before settling down in Penang for the next 20 years of his life.
Raymer has a long list of writing credits that would impress even the most prolific writers. Since putting down his roots in Penang in 1985 he has written 200 articles, 80 short stories in such publications as Literary Review, Going Places, Silver Kris, Far East Traveler, The Expat, and Reader’s Digest. He has also written a play, an adaptation of his short story Neighbours – selected to be taught for SPM Literature in 2008, four novels and four screenplays. In addition, Raymer had taught creative writing for ten years at Universiti Sains Malaysia, and is now teaching at Unimas in Kuching.
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