Dimensions
130 x 197 x 15mm
Lan Samantha Chang's first collection introduces a stunning new voice in Chinese fiction. Suffused with quiet beauty, these stories tell of displaced lives and exiled imaginations.
In 'Water Names' a grandmother tells elliptical folk-tales set against the mighty torrent of the Changjiang and reminds her granddaughters of their river ancestors; in 'Hunger' a man is driven to be a successful violinist, but his bitterness at his failure has far-reaching consequences for both him and his family.
Chinese concepts of fate, the spirit world, memory and vendetta are beautifully and unobtrusively woven into haunting tales which are universal in their human concerns.
