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Chargement... How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sunpar Doretta Lau
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This collection of short stories is different to anything I've read before. It's definitely Canadian, but new Canadian. Lau, a young Chinese-Canadian woman, writes from the perspective of an Asian millennial, with an audacious, irreverent tone while somehow remaining amiable, nice. My favourite was the first story "God Damn, How Real Is This?" where future selves harass present selves by text message. It is funny, weird, and captivating. The final story that provided the book's title was about a gang of Chinese youths menacing their Vancouver neighbourhood. Lau is smart-mouthed, wildly creative, and funny in a strange unique way. Said by blurber Rebecca Godfrey to be "the one to usher in a new era of CanLit", Lau is an author to watch. ( ) In How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun, Doretta Lau explores the lives of a variety of young Asian Canadians. Lau exposes both the unique ways their cultural heritage affects their lives, and the universal struggles that we all face like love, loss, and having our future selves sending us text messages. You can see the influence of Lau’s Vancouver residence as she incorporates locations and events in East Van and the downtown east side. Take time to savour each story in this collection and get inside the lives of its rich cast of characters. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Building on the success of the Journey Prize-shortlisted title story, the stories of How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun? present an updated and whimsical new take on what it means to be Canadian. Lau alludes to the personal and political histories of a number of young Asian Canadian characters to explain their unique perspectives of the world, artfully fusing pure delusion and abstract perception with heartbreaking reality.Correspondingly, the book's title refers to an interview with Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who when asked about the Shanghai Sharks, the team that shaped his formative sporting years, responded, "How does a single blade of grass thank the sun?" Lau's stories feature the children and grandchildren of immigrants, transnational adoptees and multiracial adults who came of age in the 1990s--all struggling to find a place in the Western world and using the only language they know to express their hopes, fears and expectations. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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