Useful Phrases for Immigrants [electronic resource] : Stories
May-lee Chai2018
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In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman
wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while
her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone
calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and
emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories. Within them, readers
will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in
America, and finally, the world at large.
With luminous prose and sharp-eyed observations, Chai reveals her characters'
hopes and fears, and our own: a grieving historian seeking solace from an old
lover in Beijing, a young girl discovering her immigrant mother's infidelity,
workers constructing a shopping mall in central China who make a shocking
discovery. Families struggle with long-held grudges, reinvent traditions, and
make mysterious visits to shadowy strangers from their past-all rendered with
economy an...
Main title:
Author:
May-lee Chai, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blair, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781949467093
Language:
English
BRN:
434637
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |