The Tapestries
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Also by Kien Nguyen
The Unwanted
A Memoir of Childhood
“Nguyen writes with a voice of innocence that takes us into the heart and spirit of one person's underserved and tragic childhood.”
—Carol Memmott, USA Today
“A remarkable tale of survival at all costs.”
—Julie K. L. Dam, People
“A gripping literary memoir…. So much happens that is beyond the imagination of American readers untested by war on the home front that it is best to suspend disbelief and simply listen to Kien Nguyen's bold and eloquent voice.”
—Cheri Register, Ruminator Review
“Compelling…. A haunting story.”
—Laura Ciolkowski, Washington Post Book World
“Heart-rending.…A harrowing account of what life was like for Kien Nguyen and his family in those nightmare years.”
—Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times
“Vivid and compelling.…A gripping, emotionally raw story.…It deserves a place with the best memoirs of immigration and exile.”
—Richard C. Kagan, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Drink and Dream Teahouse
A novel by Justin Hill
“Hill understands, like Tolstoy, that human nature cannot change along with the times…. This is a book of exoticisms, intoxicated by the human landscape of the Far East, a place of firecrackers and lotus roots…. A first novel filled with sensual delight.”
—Edward Stern, Independent on Sunday
Candy
A novel by Mian Mian
Translated by Andrea Lingenfelter
“Perhaps China's most promising young writer…. Mian Mian's novel deals with issues—sexuality, drug abuse, China opening to the world—that touch the core of her generation's experience.”
—Jonathan Napack, International Herald Tribune
Simple Recipes
Stories by Madeleine Thien
“Simple Recipes introduces a writer of precocious poise…. The austere grace and polished assurance of Thien's prose are remarkable…. The trajectories of Thien's stories are unpredictable; though her characters dream of following simple recipes, they are themselves undeniably original creations.”
—Janice P. Nimura, New York Times Book Review