{"product_id":"9781668012987-dear-chrysanthemums-a-novel-in-stories","title":"Sze - Lorrain Fiona - Dear Chrysanthemums A Novel In Stories - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A startling and vivid debut novel in stories from acclaimed poet and translator Fiona Sze - Lorrain featuring deeply compelling Asian women who reckon with the past violence and exile set in Shanghai Beijing Singapore Paris and New York. Cooking for Madame Chiang 1946: Two cooks work for Madame Chiang Kai - shek and prepare a foreign dish craved by their mistress which becomes a political weapon and leads to their tragic end. Death at the Wukang Mansion 1966: Punished for her extramarital affair a dancer is transferred to Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution and assigned to an ominous apartment in a building whose other residents often depart in coffins. The White Piano 1996: A budding pianist from New York City settles down in Paris and is assaulted when a mysterious piano arrives from Singapore. The Invisible Window 2016: After their exile following the Tiananmen Square massacre three women gather in a French cathedral to renew their friendship and reunite in their grief and faith. Evocative vivid disturbing and written with a masterly ear for language Dear Chrysanthemums renders a devastating portrait of diasporic life and inhumanity as well as a tender web of shared memory artistic expression and love.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Dear Chrysanthemums A Novel In Stories\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Sze - Lorrain Fiona\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781668012987\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 176 Pages, Rough Front\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 5\/2\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Historical Fiction","brand":"Sze - Lorrain Fiona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49622898377009,"sku":"IN-G-9781668012987","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781668012987.jpg?v=1724730162","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781668012987-dear-chrysanthemums-a-novel-in-stories","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}