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Dear Chrysanthemums

By Fiona Sze-Lorrain

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Dear Chrysanthemums

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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 details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2023-05-02
Publication Date:
2023-06-08
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1668012987
ISBN13:
9781668012987
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
162 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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