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The original characters and settings are what really got me in this collection. I found myself captivated by story lines I had no connection to like a teenage boy going on night runs and a dancer trying to personify a rat.
In this Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of…
The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.
On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…
What I really loved about this book in addition to what I learned about China post Tiananmen Square, was the way the characters were always surprising me. The family members in My Good Son do not always make the best decisions, which makes them more real.
Nautilus Award Gold Winner IPPY Awards Gold Winner IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Winners Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Winner of the University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize
"As with her previous books, 'Living Treasures' and 'My Old Faithful,' Huang's latest explores the generational push-pull of family life in post-Tiananmen China . . . Mr. Cai remains front and center, always compelling, a man doing everything for his boy, the way a good father―supposedly―should." ―Lysley Tenorio, The New York Times Book Review
"A poignant meditation on fathers and sons, American and Chinese cultures and traditions in the face of modernity,…
