Things to Make and Break
- 288 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
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 sbírky povídek Things to Make and Break a chapbooku Girly. Její literární svět se často ponořuje do hlubin lidské psychiky a zkoumá složité vztahy a nevyřčené touhy. Tan se vyznačuje pronikavým vhledem do postav a precizním jazykovým stylem, který čtenáře vtáhne do nitra jejich prožitků. Její povídky nabízejí znepokojivé, ale zároveň fascinující pohledy na současný život a vnitřní boje jednotlivců.
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?