Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories. Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Dear-Chrysanthemums-A-Novel-in.pdf
ISBN: 9781668012987 | 176 pages | 5 Mb
- Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories
- Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Fiona Sze-Lorrain
- Page: 176
- Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
- ISBN: 9781668012987
- Publisher: Scribner
Textbook download for free Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories (English literature) FB2 RTF ePub by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Fiona Sze-Lorrain 9781668012987
Overview
A startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain, featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past, violence, and exile—set in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Paris, and New York. Composed of several interconnected stories, each taking place in a year ending with the number six, ironically a number that in Chinese divination signifies “a smooth life,” Dear Chrysanthemums is a novel about the scourge of inhumanity, survival, and past trauma that never leaves. The women in these stories are cooks, musicians, dancers, protestors, mothers and daughters, friends and enemies, all inexplicably connected in one way or another. “Cooking for Madam Chiang,” 1946: Two cooks work for Madame Chiang Kai-shek and prepare a foreign dish craved by their mistress, which becomes a political weapon and leads to their tragic end. “Death at the Wukang Mansion,” 1966: Punished for her extramarital affair, a dancer is transferred to Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution and assigned to an ominous apartment in a building whose other residents often depart in coffins. “The White Piano,” 1966: A bidding pianist from New York City settles down in Paris and is assaulted when a mysterious piano arrives from Singapore. “The Invisible Window,” 2016: After their exile following the Tiananmen Square massacre, three women gather in a French cathedral to renew their friendship and reunite in their grief and faith. With devastating precision, a masterly ear for language, and a profound understanding of both human cruelty and compassion, Fiona Sze-Lorrain weaves Dear Chrysanthemums, an evocative and disturbing portrait of diasporic life, the shared story of uprooting, resilience, artistic expression, and enduring love.
Links:
{pdf download} Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Jedi Training by Caitlin Kennedy, Lucasfilm Press, Lucasfilm Press, Caitlin Kennedy, Lucasfilm Press, Lucasfilm Press
Read [Pdf]> The Fate of Elysian: Special Edition by Theresa Sherron, Theresa Sherron
Online Read Ebook To Bird or Not to Bird by SJ Russell, SJ Russell
DOWNLOADS CAFERUIS - Certificat d'aptitude aux fonctions d'encadrement et de responsable d'unité d'intervention sociale
Descargar TRILOGÍA JON FOSSE Gratis - EPUB, PDF y MOBI
[Pdf/ePub] When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe download ebook
{pdf download} Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Online Read Ebook Daniel Learns to Swim by Alexandra Cassel Schwartz, Jason Fruchter, Alexandra Cassel Schwartz, Jason Fruchter
¡ERES UN MILAGRO ANDANTE! TERESA ARNANDIS ePub gratis
BUSHARA. ANTES DE SER REFUGIADA leer epub LOLA SALMERON
0コメント