China

Denise Chong’s Lives of the Family (2013)

Buried In Print2014-06-26T14:42:46-04:00

Listening to an interview with Amy Tan, for the Guardian book club, I was struck by the fact that she lifted many of the stories from her mother's life for the pages of her work. Yet, while reading Lives of the Family, it is easy to imagine so many of

Denise Chong’s Lives of the Family (2013)Buried In Print2014-06-26T14:42:46-04:00

Janie Chang’s Three Souls (2013)

Buried In Print2014-05-13T15:18:09-04:00

An engrossing story, a compelling narrative voice: Three Souls is an easy book to recommend. Because of the setting and romantic elements of the story, it's tempting to draw comparisons with the novels of Amy Tan and Ai Mi. Given the readability, one might think of Sue Monk Kidd's The

Janie Chang’s Three Souls (2013)Buried In Print2014-05-13T15:18:09-04:00

Ai Mi’s Under the Hawthorn Tree (2012)

Buried In Print2014-03-17T13:47:55-04:00

What makes for a love letter during the Cultural Revolution in China would have Heathcliff and Catherine shaking their heads. Maybe two or three pages of discussing China's excellent international and domestic circumstances, then the fortunate conditions of provincial and city life, and those of friends and class-mates. These formalities

Ai Mi’s Under the Hawthorn Tree (2012)Buried In Print2014-03-17T13:47:55-04:00