Sour Heart

Centered on a community of immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in China and Taiwan for the constant struggle of life at the poverty line in 1990s New York City, Zhang’s collection examines the many ways that family and history can weigh us down and also lift us up. From the young woman coming to terms with her grandmother’s role in the Cultural Revolution to the daughter struggling to understand where her family ends and she begins, to the girl discovering the power of her body to inspire and destroy, these seven stories illuminate the complex and messy inner lives of girls struggling to define themselves.

Centrata pe o comunitate de imigranti care si-au schimbat viata pe cale de disparitie ca artisti in China si Taiwan pentru lupta constanta a vietii la pragul saraciei in New York City din anii 1990, colectia Zhang examineaza numeroasele moduri in care familia si istoria ne pot impovara si ridica-ne.