Hunger: A Novella and Stories

Lan Samantha Chang
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“Spare and haunting tales that ask ordinary questions about that extraordinary emotion: love.”—Chicago TribuneThe novella and five stories that make up this collection reveal the lives of immigrant families haunted by lost loves: a ghost seduces a young girl into a flooded river; a mother commands a daughter to avenge her father’s death; and in the title novella, a woman speaks from beyond the grave about her tragic marriage to an exiled musician whose own disappointments nearly destroyed their two daughters.
Genres: Short StoriesFictionHistorical FictionChinaLiterary FictionLiteratureSchoolHistoricalAdult FictionAnthologies
190 Pages

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