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It was a pleasure to re-read old favorites, like 起狮，行礼 (Rising Lion — The Lion Bows) and The House of Aunts, and to discover some new favorites as well, like The Four Generations of Chang E and Prudence and the Dragon. Zen Cho's mix of humor and emotions gets me every time.
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Feb 23, 2022
Ariel
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Oh, Zen Cho. Such gorgeous writing. And the infusion of Malaysian flavours into her stories which have elevated them further. I thought the Sorcerer Royal was charmingly quaint but ultimately just an okay read, but Black Water Sister and now Spirits Abroad have felt like coming home. I loved the use of Manglish; recognised familiar threads in each story, tropes subverted and refashioned into something I could relate to - fantasy but hauntingly familiar, not just the whitewashed fairylands that w
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Jul 31, 2014
Steph
marked it as to-read-maybe
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Cory Day
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