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Book

Tomb sweeping : stories

Call Number

  • FICTION CHAN (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]

Physical Description

239 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Compelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting parents, and guileless lab assistants. A woman known only to her neighbors as 'the Asian recycling lady' collects bottles from the streets she calls home. A young college grad ponders the void left from a broken friendship. An unfulfilled housewife in Shanghai finds a secret outlet for her ambitions in an undercover gambling den. Two strangers become something more through the bond of mistaken identity"--

Contents

  • Unknown by unknown
  • Li Fan
  • To get rich is glorious
  • Farewell, Hank
  • Cure for life
  • Klara
  • Visit
  • Flies
  • She will be a swimmer
  • Phenotype
  • Me and my algo
  • Persona development
  • Tomb sweeping
  • Cat personalities
  • Other people.

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