Self-Portrait with Ghost

Short Stories

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Beschreibung

<strong>"A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and to be considered) an American." -- <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong><p>Meng Jin's critically acclaimed debut novel, <em>Little Gods, </em>was praised as "spectacular and emotionally polyphonic (Omar El-Akkad, <em>BookPage</em>), "powerful" (<em>Washington Post</em>), and "meticulously observed, daringly imagined" (Claire Messud). Now Jin turns her considerable talents to short fiction, in ten thematically linked stories.</p><p>Written during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, these stories explore intimacy and isolation, coming-of-age and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships and surprising moments of connection. Moving between San Francisco and China, and from unsparing realism to genre-bending delight, <em>Self-Portrait with Ghost</em> considers what it means to live in an age of heightened self-consciousness, seemingly endless access to knowledge, and little actual power.</p><p>Page-turning, thought-provoking, and wholly unique, <em>Self-Portrait with Ghost </em>further establishes Meng Jin as a writer who "reminds us that possible explanations in our universe are as varied as the beings who populate it" (<em>Paris Review</em>).</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063160712

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

228 x 152 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Mariner Books