
Hunger
A Novella and Stories
Lan Samantha Chang(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 12. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-393-33795-2 (ISBN)
Description
The novella and five stories that make up this collection reveal the lives of immigrant families haunted by lost loves: a ghost seduces a young girl into a flooded river; a mother commands a daughter to avenge her father's death; and in the title novella, a woman speaks from beyond the grave about her tragic marriage to an exiled musician whose own disappointments nearly destroyed their two daughters.
Reviews / Votes
"Impeccable. . . . Delicately specific tales of Chinese immigrant life . . . capturing the universal struggles of the human heart. . . . So luminous is this collection, the result is something like a pearl." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "Elegant.... A delicately calculated balance sheet of the losses and gains of immigrants whose lives are stretched between two radically different cultures." -- The New York Times Book Review "A work of gorgeous, enduring prose." -- Washington PostMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
157 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33795-2 (9780393337952)
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Person
Lan Samantha Chang is the author of three novels: The Family Chao, Inheritance, and All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost. Her work has been translated into nine languages. The director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she lives in Iowa City.