Tomorrow in Shanghai

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Stories

By May-lee Chai

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Tomorrow in Shanghai is a compelling short story collection by May-lee Chai that delves into the cultural complexities of China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and beyond. Through multifaceted narratives, the stories explore themes of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality, highlighting the intricate dynamics of interpersonal and institutional power. Readers journey from rural China to France, and even to a future Chinese colony on Mars, experiencing poignant tales of family, identity, love, and survival.
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in multicultural narratives, contemporary short fiction, and explorations of globalisation through vividly drawn characters and settings.

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A short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large.

In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai's latest collection, Tomorrow in Shanghai, explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality — always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power.

These stories transport the reader, variously: to rural China, where a city doctor harvests organs to fund a wedding and a future for his family; on a vacation to France, where a white mother and her biracial daughter cannot escape their fraught relationship; inside the unexpected romance of two Chinese-American women living abroad in China; and finally, to a future Chinese colony on Mars, where an aging working-class woman lands a job as a nanny. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalised world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781949467864

Publisher: John F Blair Publisher

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: John F Blair Publisher

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 166

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About the Author

May-lee Chai

is the author of the American Book Award-winning story collectionUseful Phrases for Immigrantsand ten other books. Her prize-winning short prose has been published widely, including in theNew England Review,Missouri Review,Seventeen,The Rumpus,ZYZZYVA, theLos Angeles Times,Dallas Morning News, and theSan Francisco Chronicle. The recipient of an NEA fellowship in prose, Chai is an associate professor in the Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University.