
Marimo, Mon Amour
A Novel
Karen An-hwei Lee(Author)
Fiction Collective Two (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-1-57366-218-5 (ISBN)
Description
In Marimo, Mon Amour, an "accidental" bureaucratic data collapse leads to a swift and silent quarantine. Zinger Zingiber-erased from official records-is furloughed from her part-time roles as a dumpling-maker and asylum specialist. Sequestered in her apartment with only her pet moss ball, Marimo, for company, she reflects on isolation, grief, and the slipperiness of memory, bearing witness to a world suspended in time. Her narration blurs the line between dream and reality as she mourns lost connections, interrogates authority, and clings to the beauty of small, ephemeral moments.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Normal
United States
Publishing group
The University of Alabama Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57366-218-5 (9781573662185)
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Persons
Karen An-hwei Lee is the author of the novels Sonata in K, The Maze of Transparencies, and Love Chronicles from the Octopodes. Her book of literary criticism, Anglophone Literatures in the Asian Diaspora, was selected for the Cambria Sinophone World Series. Lee has also authored several poetry collections, most recently The Beautiful Immunity.