{"product_id":"deceit-and-other-possibilities-by-vanessa-hua","title":"'Deceit and Other Possibilities' by Vanessa Hua","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eVanessa Hua’s debut collection follows people within the machinery of migration, family expectation and reinvention.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer stories follow children translating themselves for parents, parents attempting to understand children remade by another country, and characters discovering that belonging often requires a certain amount of performance. The stories move between the United States and Asia, through immigrant families, students, workers and travellers whose lives are shaped by several cultures at once without being neatly claimed by any of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHua writes with a journalist’s eye for social detail but avoids turning her characters into case studies; the collection is interested in contradiction, especially the collision between private desire and the identities other people expect us to inhabit. It later became a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Choice and received the Asian\/Pacific American Award in Literature. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharp, lively collection for readers interested in contemporary Asian American fiction, migration, family, assimilation and the stranger forms of deception involved in becoming someone elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWillow Books, a division of Aquarius Press, 2016. Paperback. First edition of the original Willow Books publication. Cover shows very light shelf wear and minor rubbing to edges\/corners; internally clean and bright with no obvious markings. Binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45966927921235,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_35.png?v=1786755585","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/deceit-and-other-possibilities-by-vanessa-hua","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}