Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories (CD) (ISBN-13: 9781797158242)

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.

Author: Fiona Sze-Lorrain
ISBN-10: 1797158244
ISBN-13: 9781797158242
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2023
Format: CD
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 5.67h x 5.75w x 0.63d