Patchwork Dolls
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In this debut story collection, Ysabelle Cheung weaves an eerie fabulism with tales that cross continents, technology, and time. Set in Hong Kong and America - between the present day and an uncannily...
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In this debut story collection, Ysabelle Cheung weaves an eerie fabulism with tales that cross continents, technology, and time. Set in Hong Kong and America - between the present day and an uncannily altered future - this story collection warps the familiar rules of our world to ask: what does it mean to be Asian and a woman - living under the specter of state and technological surveillance - or trying to break free from it? In the title story, a young woman of color realizes she can make her fortune by surgically selling her facial features to whiter, wealthier clients. In “Please, Get Out and Dance,” a group of rebels escapes a city that is literally disappearing around them - building by building, person by person - to migrate to a new home beneath the ocean, defying their government’s mandate. “Herbs” follows an elderly widow who, when the clones of her dead husband start to appear uninvited in her home, must grapple with her memories. In each of these stories, Cheung tilts the world just slightly off its axis to bring together a haunting meditation on what it means to survive within our increasingly digitized and mechanized world. In this debut story collection, Ysabelle Cheung weaves an eerie fabulism with tales that cross continents, technology, and time. Set in Hong Kong and America - between the present day and an uncannily altered future - this story collection warps the familiar rules of our world to ask: what does it mean to be Asian and a woman - living under the specter of state and technological surveillance - or trying to break free from it? In the title story, a young woman of color realizes she can make her fortune by surgically selling her facial features to whiter, wealthier clients. In “Please, Get Out and Dance,” a group of rebels escapes a city that is literally disappearing around them - building by building, person by person - to migrate to a new home beneath the ocean, defying their government’s mandate. “Herbs” follows an elderly widow who, when the clones of her dead husband start to appear uninvited in her home, must grapple with her memories. In each of these stories, Cheung tilts the world just slightly off its axis to bring together a haunting meditation on what it means to survive within our increasingly digitized and mechanized world.
Detaljer
Forlag
Carolina Wren Press
ISBN
9781958888643
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
200
Udgivelsesdato
02-04-2026
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3423711
EAN nr.
9781958888643
Varegruppe
Fiction
Bredde (mm)
127
Længde (mm)
177
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