A Chinese affair
By: Isabelle Li
Publisher: Margaret River Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Witchcliffe, W.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780994316769
Subjects: Immigrants; Fiction; Race relations; Australian fiction; Short stories
Description: Sixteen exquisite stories exploring recent Chinese migration to Australia and elsewhere, exploring intergenerational and interracial relationships, the search for meaning, and the effects of isolation and the inability to express oneself in a second language.
Table of contents: title: A Chinese affair; title: Mooncake and crab; title: Shower of gold; title: A fishbone in the throat; title: As green as blue; title: Fountain of gratitude; title: Blue lotus; title: The floating fragrance; title: Pebbles and flowers; title: By the riverbank; title: Amnesia; title: Further south; title: Lyrebird; title: Narrative of grief; title: Go troppo; title: Two tongues.