"Beauty plus pity -- that is the closest we can get to a definition of art." -- Vladimir NabokovIn this tragicomic, modern immigrant's tale, Malcolm Kwan is a twentysomething Asian American embarking on a modeling career whose life is derailed when h...
At first it was the dead rats. They started dying in cataclysmic numbers, followed by other city creatures. Then people begin experiencing flu-like symptoms as well as swellings in their lymph nodes. The citizenry reacts in disbelief when the diagnos...
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize “A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel.” -- Charles Yu, National Book Award"winning author of Interior Chinatown A fresh, unique work of metafiction that follows a graphic novelist who loses ...
In a village plagued by a devastating illness, Alice embarks on a desperate quest to save her ailing mother. With the aid of Gabriel, a skilled herbalist, Isabella, a guardian of music, and Marcus, a blacksmith seeking redemption, they harness t...