Читать книгу Quiet As They Come - Angie Chau - Страница 3

MORE PRAISE FOR QUIET AS THEY COME

“This deeply moving collection of stories hums and glows with the interconnected lives of an extended immigrant family from Vietnam. Chau navigates her characters’ lives—their tragedy and humor, longings and furies, vast losses and secret beauties—with grace, skill, and ferocious compassion. Quiet As They Come announces the arrival of an astonishing literary talent with a great deal to say about the intricacies of family life, coming of age, emigration, and—above all—the treasures buried in the human heart.”

—Carolina De Robertis, The Invisible Mountain

“What a rich and charming collection of stories this is. It offers an insider’s view of the immigrant experience: a world divided, one culture from another, past from present, parent from child.”

—Lynn Freed, The Curse of the Appropriate Man

“In stories that manage to be both playful and poignant, Angie Chau displays her exceptional gift for capturing the intricate interactions between parents and children, men and women, and Vietnamese and American cultures. There’s grit beneath the sparkle of her language. Chau’s intimate portrayal of characters who must navigate the uncertain terrain between what’s left behind and what lies ahead is revelatory.”—Leslie Larson, Breaking Out of Bedlam

“Chau’s characters bristle with life. They’re full of beauty and grit, love and cowardice, bravery and spite. Many of them are new to this country, and Chau’s gift for detailed observation made me see San Francisco again as though it were new to me. Gosh, this book practically has a heartbeat. A rare gift, indeed.”—Robin Romm,

The Mercy Papers