White Snake and Other Stories

Ko-ling Yen

Original title: White snake and other stories =

first published 1999 Aunt Lute Books, 1999 paperback 183 pages

"In this collection of five short stories and a novella, set mostly in China during and after the Cultural Revolution, Geling Yan presents us with unforgettable characters who have all, in one way or another, left home. Taking as her territory the disorienting space between home and away, Yan charts the unexpected and illuminating transformation of her characters' hearts and minds as they find themselves thrust into...

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