Though I Get Home
Book description
“A welcome read in American contemporary literature. Though I Get Home is an intimate and complex look into Malaysian culture and politics, and a reminder of the importance of art in the struggle for social justice.” ―Ana Castillo, author of So Far from God and prize judge
In these stories,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Though I Get Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I haven’t read a better book in a long time than YZ Chin’s collection of linked stories.
At the centre of a panoply of characters and ways of thinking, we find Isabella Sin, a woman who might be taken as a personification of Malaysia, a troubled young nation searching for an identity as it struggles against its own history.
Not unlike what is required of her country, what is ultimately required of Isabella is to “become who she was.” YZ Chin’s voice offers the sort of nuance and depth that I feel characterises the best in literary fiction.
From Dale's list on little stories that link to tell big stories.
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