Description
| Product ID: | 9781408892374 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Sour Heart |
| Authors: | Author: Jenny Zhang |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut FictionA Guardian, Nylon, Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Vulture and Shelf Awareness Book of the Year 2017'Relegate anything else you’re reading – there is no other book to be seen with now' The Times'Obscene, beautiful, moving' New Yorker Centred on a community of immigrants precariously balanced on the edge of poverty in 1990s New York City, the stories that make up Sour Heart examine the ways that family and history can weigh us down, but also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution, to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, these vibrant, raw and powerful stories introduce a bold and singular new voice. Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut FictionA Guardian, Nylon, Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Vulture and Shelf Awareness Book of the Year 2017''Relegate anything else you’re reading – there is no other book to be seen with now'' The Times''Obscene, beautiful, moving'' New Yorker Centred on a community of immigrants precariously balanced on the edge of poverty in 1990s New York City, the stories that make up Sour Heart examine the ways that family and history can weigh us down, but also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution, to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, these vibrant, raw and powerful stories introduce a bold and singular new voice. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-03 |
