This book, published by The Youth Book Company (新加坡青年书局), belongs to the ‘Singapore and Malayan Chinese Literature’ (新马文艺丛书) series. The author, Diao Wen Mei (貂问湄), born Wu Bing (吴冰), was a Malayan Chinese writer famous for his novels of criticism. ‘The Rubber Plantation’ depicts people working in a rubber plantation, the plantation’s owner and workers of different ethnicities.