Build Your House Around My Body
Feverishly energetic and playfully creepy, an unforgettable debut that hurtles through the ghostly secrets of Vietnamese history
| Autor: | Kupersmith, Violet |
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| ISBN: | 9780861542147 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Oneworld Publications |
| Veröffentlicht: | 03.03.2022 |
| Untertitel: | LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 |
| Schlagworte: | FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander FICTION / Coming of Age FICTION / Cultural Heritage FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology FICTION / Family Life / General FICTION / Family Life / Siblings FICTION / General FICTION / Literary FICTION / Magical Realism FICTION / Women Family life fiction Fiction: narrative themes Magical Realism Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary TRUE CRIME / Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons Vietnam War fiction |
Violet Kupersmith is the author of the short story collection The Frangipani Hotel. She previously taught English with the Fulbright programme in the Mekong Delta, and was a creative writing fellow at the University of East Anglia. She has lived in Da Lat and Saigon, and is currently based in the United States. Her first novel, Build Your House Around My Body, was a Finalist for the Center for Fiction¿s First Novel Prize in 2021.