A dozen narrators perform this collection of stories about Chinese 20-somethings who are navigating the road to adulthood. All the narrators underscore the central drama of the stories, such as the clash of generations, the difficulties and joys of immigration, and the complexities of friendship. The characters are primarily the children of immigrants, university students abroad, or young adults, rich or poor, who are trying to find a future in today’s China. Standout performances are Annie Q’s smooth, soft portrayal of a woman who unwittingly finds social media fame in Paris, David Shih’s interpretation of the emotional torment of a young, gay athlete who is in love with his heterosexual diving partner, and James Chen’s characterizations of a factory manager who negotiates a marriage of convenience to gain a new country and wealth. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD ¿ SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION ¿*WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION*¿ WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD ¿*LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE*¿*NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY*LIBRARY JOURNAL*
“An urgent and necessary literary voice.”-Alexander Chee,*Electric Literature***
“Tough, luminous stories.”-The New York Times Book Review*
“Spectacular.”-Vogue
Xuan Juliana Wang's*remarkable debut introduces*us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions.
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In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces and stories of a new generation never before captured between the pages in fiction. What sets them apart is Juliana Wang's surprising imagination, able to capture the innermost thoughts of her characters with astonishing empathy, as well as the contradictions of the modern immigrant experience in a way that feels almost universal. Home Remedies is, in the words of Alexander Chee, “the arrival of an urgent and necessary literary voice we've been needing, waiting for maybe, without knowing.”
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Praise for Home Remedies
“A radiant new talent.”-Lauren Groff
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“These dazzling stories interrogate the fractures, collisions and glorious new alloys of what it means to be a Chinese millennial.”-Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Orphan Master's Son
“Home Remedies*doesn't read like a first collection; like Jhumpa Lahiri's*Interpreter of Maladies, the twelve stories here announce the arrival of an exciting, electric new voice.”-Financial Times
“Stylistically ambitious in a way rarely seen in prose fiction . . . Writing like this will never stop enlightening us. [Wang's] voice comes to us from the edge of a new world.”-Los Angeles Review of Books
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“An urgent and necessary literary voice.”-Alexander Chee,*Electric Literature***
“Tough, luminous stories.”-The New York Times Book Review*
“Spectacular.”-Vogue
Xuan Juliana Wang's*remarkable debut introduces*us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions.
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In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces and stories of a new generation never before captured between the pages in fiction. What sets them apart is Juliana Wang's surprising imagination, able to capture the innermost thoughts of her characters with astonishing empathy, as well as the contradictions of the modern immigrant experience in a way that feels almost universal. Home Remedies is, in the words of Alexander Chee, “the arrival of an urgent and necessary literary voice we've been needing, waiting for maybe, without knowing.”
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Praise for Home Remedies
“A radiant new talent.”-Lauren Groff
*
“These dazzling stories interrogate the fractures, collisions and glorious new alloys of what it means to be a Chinese millennial.”-Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Orphan Master's Son
“Home Remedies*doesn't read like a first collection; like Jhumpa Lahiri's*Interpreter of Maladies, the twelve stories here announce the arrival of an exciting, electric new voice.”-Financial Times
“Stylistically ambitious in a way rarely seen in prose fiction . . . Writing like this will never stop enlightening us. [Wang's] voice comes to us from the edge of a new world.”-Los Angeles Review of Books
Home Remedies: Stories
A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD ¿ SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION ¿*WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION*¿ WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD ¿*LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE*¿*NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY*LIBRARY JOURNAL*
“An urgent and necessary literary voice.”-Alexander Chee,*Electric Literature***
“Tough, luminous stories.”-The New York Times Book Review*
“Spectacular.”-Vogue
Xuan Juliana Wang's*remarkable debut introduces*us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions.
*
In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces and stories of a new generation never before captured between the pages in fiction. What sets them apart is Juliana Wang's surprising imagination, able to capture the innermost thoughts of her characters with astonishing empathy, as well as the contradictions of the modern immigrant experience in a way that feels almost universal. Home Remedies is, in the words of Alexander Chee, “the arrival of an urgent and necessary literary voice we've been needing, waiting for maybe, without knowing.”
*
Praise for Home Remedies
“A radiant new talent.”-Lauren Groff
*
“These dazzling stories interrogate the fractures, collisions and glorious new alloys of what it means to be a Chinese millennial.”-Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Orphan Master's Son
“Home Remedies*doesn't read like a first collection; like Jhumpa Lahiri's*Interpreter of Maladies, the twelve stories here announce the arrival of an exciting, electric new voice.”-Financial Times
“Stylistically ambitious in a way rarely seen in prose fiction . . . Writing like this will never stop enlightening us. [Wang's] voice comes to us from the edge of a new world.”-Los Angeles Review of Books
“An urgent and necessary literary voice.”-Alexander Chee,*Electric Literature***
“Tough, luminous stories.”-The New York Times Book Review*
“Spectacular.”-Vogue
Xuan Juliana Wang's*remarkable debut introduces*us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions.
*
In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces and stories of a new generation never before captured between the pages in fiction. What sets them apart is Juliana Wang's surprising imagination, able to capture the innermost thoughts of her characters with astonishing empathy, as well as the contradictions of the modern immigrant experience in a way that feels almost universal. Home Remedies is, in the words of Alexander Chee, “the arrival of an urgent and necessary literary voice we've been needing, waiting for maybe, without knowing.”
*
Praise for Home Remedies
“A radiant new talent.”-Lauren Groff
*
“These dazzling stories interrogate the fractures, collisions and glorious new alloys of what it means to be a Chinese millennial.”-Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Orphan Master's Son
“Home Remedies*doesn't read like a first collection; like Jhumpa Lahiri's*Interpreter of Maladies, the twelve stories here announce the arrival of an exciting, electric new voice.”-Financial Times
“Stylistically ambitious in a way rarely seen in prose fiction . . . Writing like this will never stop enlightening us. [Wang's] voice comes to us from the edge of a new world.”-Los Angeles Review of Books
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BN ID: | 2940169270181 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 05/14/2019 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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