Things to Make and Break
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A sublime and provocative debut from one of the UK's most exciting new writers, for fans of Miranda July, Carmen Maria Machado and Lydia Davis.
May-Lan Tan is de auteur van de verhalenbundel Things to Make and Break en het chapbook Girly. Haar literaire wereld duikt vaak in de diepten van de menselijke psyche, waarbij ze complexe relaties en onuitgesproken verlangens onderzoekt. Tan wordt gekenmerkt door haar scherpe inzicht in personages en een precieze taalstijl die lezers naar het hart van hun ervaringen trekt. Haar verhalen bieden verontrustende maar fascinerende inkijkjes in het hedendaagse leven en de innerlijke strijd van individuen.


A sublime and provocative debut from one of the UK's most exciting new writers, for fans of Miranda July, Carmen Maria Machado and Lydia Davis.
A coming-of-age tale of love and cultural reconnection set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive Malaysian father. Coming to Australia when she was 5 and losing her mother at 7, she has always struggled with issues of identity. One day, she goes back to Malaysia for her grandmother's funeral and discovers that her mother - long-thought-dead - is alive. Set in a fictionalised Kuala Lumpur (KL), Katie struggles to reconnect with her mother whom she discovers is Malay. Navigating KL's underground music scene and the underlying tensions of a country she doesn't understand, how far is Katie willing to go to find a place to belong?