Deceit and Other Possibilities
By
Vanessa Hua
Read by
Cindy Kay,
David Shih
Release:
04/07/2020
Release:
04/07/2020
Release:
04/07/2020
Runtime:
8h 38m
Runtime:
8h 38m
Runtime:
8h 38m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“The characters in Hua’s debut collection of short fiction—young and old, of varying nationalities, ethnicities and sexual orientations—lie with almost scientific precision.”
New York Times Book Review
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A Millions.com Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books
A BookBub Editors' Pick of Best Short Stories of All Times
Winner of the Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature
Finalist for the California Book Award Silver Medal
In her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a new America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters straddle both worlds but belong to none.
From a Hong Kong movie idol fleeing a sex scandal to an obedient daughter turned Stanford pretender, from a Chinatown elder summoned to his village to a Korean American pastor with a secret agenda, the characters in the collection illustrate the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. In "What We Have Is What We Need," winner of the Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, a boy from Mexico reunites with his parents in San Francisco. When he suspects his mother has found love elsewhere, he fights to keep his family together.
With insight and wit, Hua writes about what wounds us and what we must survive. This all-new edition of Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable writer.
From a Hong Kong movie idol fleeing a sex scandal to an obedient daughter turned Stanford pretender, from a Chinatown elder summoned to his village to a Korean American pastor with a secret agenda, the characters in the collection illustrate the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. In "What We Have Is What We Need," winner of the Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, a boy from Mexico reunites with his parents in San Francisco. When he suspects his mother has found love elsewhere, he fights to keep his family together.
With insight and wit, Hua writes about what wounds us and what we must survive. This all-new edition of Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable writer.
Release:
2020-04-07
2020-04-07
2020-04-07
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
8h 38m
8h 38m
8h 38m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.55 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781684579075
9781665116800
9781665116794
Publisher:
Highbridge Audio
Highbridge Audio
Highbridge Audio
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