Things to Make and Break
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
A sublime and provocative debut from one of the UK's most exciting new writers, for fans of Miranda July, Carmen Maria Machado and Lydia Davis.
May-Lan Tan Knihy
May-Lan Tan je autorkou zbierky poviedok Things to Make and Break a chapbooku Girly. Jej literárny svet sa často ponára do hlbín ľudskej psychiky, skúmajúc zložité vzťahy a nevyslovené túžby. Tan sa vyznačuje prenikavým vhľadom do postáv a precíznym jazykovým štýlom, ktorý čitateľa vtiahne do vnútra ich prežitkov. Jej poviedky ponúkajú znepokojivé, no zároveň fascinujúce pohľady na súčasný život a vnútorné boje jednotlivcov.
A coming-of-age tale of love and cultural reconnection set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive Malaysian father. Coming to Australia when she was 5 and losing her mother at 7, she has always struggled with issues of identity. One day, she goes back to Malaysia for her grandmother's funeral and discovers that her mother - long-thought-dead - is alive. Set in a fictionalised Kuala Lumpur (KL), Katie struggles to reconnect with her mother whom she discovers is Malay. Navigating KL's underground music scene and the underlying tensions of a country she doesn't understand, how far is Katie willing to go to find a place to belong?