Name: Fish in Exile
Rating: 4.083333333333333 (6 reviews)
ISBN: 9781566894500

Vi Khi Nao

Fish in Exile

VI Khi Nao

Praise for Vi Khi Nao: "Here I was allowed to forget for a while that that is what books aspire to tell, so taken was I by more enthralling and mysterious pleasures." Carole Maso How do you bear the death of a child? With fishtanks and jellyfish burials, Persephone's pomegranate seeds, and affairs with the neighbors. "Fish in Exile "spins unimaginable loss through classical and magical tumblers, distorting our view so that we can see the contours of a parent's grief all the more clearly. Vi Khi Nao was born in Long Khanh, Vietnam. Vi's work includes poetry, fiction, film and cross-genre collaboration. Her poetry collection, "The Old Philosopher," was the winner of 2014 Nightboat Poetry Prize. Her novel, "Fish In Exile," will make its first appearance in Fall 2016 from Coffee House Press. She holds an MFA in fiction from Brown University. "

one of the most impeccable, lurid depictions of grief i have ever come across. quite a demanding read but the contemplation required truly instilled a greater understanding of the intricacies/emotions involved within the grieving process. certain passages felt like being struck in the face

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雪 xue

the poetic wounds of modern, mythological homer… defamiliarized language… the most beautiful, beautiful prose… intelligent in every way

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