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Dear Chrysanthemums
- A Novel in Stories
Engelsk Paperback
Dear Chrysanthemums
- A Novel in Stories
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

“Cooking for Madame 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,” 1996: A budding 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.

Evocative, vivid, disturbing, and written with a masterly ear for language, Dear Chrysanthemums renders a devastating portrait of diasporic life and inhumanity, as well as a tender web of shared memory, artistic expression, and love.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
176
ISBN-13:
9781668012987
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1668012987
Udg. Dato:
8 jun 2023
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
214mm
Højde:
141mm
Forlag:
Simon & Schuster
Oplagsdato:
8 jun 2023
Forfatter(e):
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