{"product_id":"sour-heart","title":"Jenny Zhang: Sour Heart [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Relegate anything else you're reading - there is no other book to be seen with now' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eObscene, beautiful, moving' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese seven startling stories of family, femininity, sexuality and otherness will plunge you into the tender and chaotic hearts of narrators you won't easily forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentred on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life on the poverty line in 1990s New York City, the stories that make up \u003ci\u003eSour Heart \u003c\/i\u003eexamine the many ways that family and history can weigh us down, but also lift us up. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother's role in the Cultural Revolution, to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, these vibrant, raw and powerful stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFuelled by Jenny Zhang's singular voice and sly humour, \u003ci\u003eSour Heart\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a bright new force in literary fiction.","brand":"Zhang, Jenny","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49324844679507,"sku":"XV81408892404","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/zhang-jenny-sour-heart-xv81408892404-58644922630483.jpg?v=1726622221","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/sour-heart","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}