Tomb Sweeping: Stories Chang Alexandra
Tomb Sweeping: Stories Chang Alexandra A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships--from the…
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Tomb Sweeping: Stories Chang Alexandra
A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships--from the award-winning writer of Days of DistractionCompelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. A young college grad ponders the void left from a broken friendship. 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.
Two strangers become something more through the bond of An unfulfilled housewife in Shanghai finds a secret outlet for her ambitions in an undercover gambling den.