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Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang

Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang

A modern classic of American fiction: a haunting collection of stories that explore the lost loves and complex desires of Chinese-American immigrant families

The novella and five stories that make up this collection tell of displaced lives, and exiled imaginations. Far away from their ancestral home, a grandmother tells her granddaughters stories of their river ancestors. Having relocated to the American Midwest, a young couple purposefully drive all remnants of their lives in China into the shadows. In the title novella, a woman recounts her tragic marriage to an exiled musician, whose own disappointments nearly destroy their two daughters.

In exquisitely crisp, spare and subtle prose, Lan Samantha Chang untangles how an immigrant can hunger for love, for acceptance, and for what they have left behind. An undeniable classic of modern American literature, Hunger is a haunting collection of stories, suffused with quiet beauty and longing.
(Pushkin Press)

Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang

Author

Lan Samantha Chang

Publisher

Pushkin Press

 Year Published

2023

Number of Pages

224

Book Type

Short Story Collection

Genres

Literary Fiction

Country

American Writing

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