{"product_id":"9780399589409","title":"Sour Heart: Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eZhang, Jenny\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLenny\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/1\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of Chinese American girls growing up in New York City—for readers of Zadie Smith and Helen Oyeyemi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize • \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fresh new voice emerges with the arrival of \u003ci\u003eSour Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, establishing Jenny Zhang as a frank and subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience in America. Her stories cut across generations and continents, moving from the fraught halls of a public school in Flushing, Queens, to the tumultuous streets of Shanghai, China, during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. In the absence of grown-ups, latchkey kids experiment on each other until one day the experiments turn violent; an overbearing mother abandons her artistic aspirations to come to America but relives her glory days through karaoke; and a shy loner struggles to master English so she can speak to God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Narrated by the daughters of Chinese immigrants who fled imperiled lives as artists back home only to struggle to stay afloat—dumpster diving for food and scamming Atlantic City casino buses to make a buck—these seven stories showcase Zhang’s compassion, moral courage, and a perverse sense of humor reminiscent of \u003ci\u003ePortnoy’s Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e. A darkly funny and intimate rendering of girlhood, \u003ci\u003eSour Heart \u003c\/i\u003eexamines what it means to belong to a family, to find your home, leave it, reject it, and return again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSour Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Jenny Zhang’s] coming-of-age tales are coarse and funny, sweet and sour, told in language that’s rough-hewn yet pulsating with energy.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the knockout fiction debuts of the year.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Compelling writing about what it means to be a teenager . . . It’s brilliant, it’s dark, but it’s also humorous and filled with love.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eIsaac Fitzgerald, \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A] combustible collection . . . in a class of its own.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gorgeous and grotesque . . . [a] tremendous debut.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Lenny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213715894527,"sku":"9780399589409","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780399589409_s600x595.jpg?v=1777912613","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780399589409","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}