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Gods of Want: Stories
Author: K-Ming Chang
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Summary
Startling stories center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women in "a voracious, probing collection, proof of how exhilarating the short story can be" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice)—from the National Book Award “5 Under 35” honoree and author of Bestiary.
Quotes:
“Wise, energetic, funny, and wild, Gods of Want displays a boundless imagination anchored by the weight of ancestors and history.” —Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina and Woman of Light
Awards:
- WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
- ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Them, Book Riot.
Stories Include
- “Auntland,” a steady stream of aunts adjust to American life.
- “The Chorus of Dead Cousins,” ghost-cousins cross space to haunt their live-cousin.
- “Xífù,” a mother-in-law tortures a wife in her house.
- “Mariela,” explores bodies in a plastic shark.
- “Virginia Slims,” a woman from a cigarette ad comes to life.
- “Resident Aliens,” a former slaughterhouse serves as a residence to widows.
Insight
With each tale, K-Ming Chang gives her take on a surrealism that mixes myth and migration, corporeality and ghostliness, queerness and the quotidian. Stunningly told in her feminist fabulist style, these stories peel back greater questions of power and memory.