May-lee Chai

In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai explores a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and in the world at large--revealing the complex schisms in the globalized world. Her stories illuminate the divides between rural and urban, male and female, rich and poor, and those in-between--always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world.

Stories

Tomorrow in Shanghai

Winberg Chai

Chronicles the life of Ruth Tsao Chai, one of China's first college graduates, from her survival during civil and foreign wars to her non-traditional burial.

Love, Honor, War, and One Family's Journey from China to America

The Girl from Purple Mountain

Trespass

"Funny, bittersweet story of a Cambodian-Chinese refugee teenager coming of age in the American Midwest"--Provided by publisher.

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