Its the inaugural publication from the lenny letter imprint and also the most personally impactful collection of stories ive read by someone who looks, sounds, and thinks like me. Jenny zhangs astounding shortstory collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves. Sour heart by jenny zhang, 9781408892404, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Jenny zhang on writing the secret languages inside your head. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sour heart ebook by jenny zhang 9781408892398 booktopia. The collections organizing theme is familial love that warps a person beyond all recognition.
Booktopia sour heart by jenny zhang, 9781408892404. Buy the ebook sour heart by jenny zhang online from australias leading online ebook store. Times art seidenbaum award for first fiction finalist for nypl young lions fiction award finalist for brooklyn public library literary prize. Jul 31, 2017 jenny zhang s short story collection sour heart is the first book from lenny, the new literary imprint from lena dunham. A bittersweet debut short story collection from the shanghaiborn poet and essayist gives voice to young female narrators. Jenny zhang on sour heart, roberto bolano, and the power of. Sour heart offers a fierce, fresh take on the hell of coming to america the stories in jenny zhang s powerful debut collection center on the violent, sometimes disturbing experiences of young. Aug 30, 2017 jenny zhang is a dang good writer and i had already read a few of her short stories before sour heart was released. The new americans of sour heart, jenny zhangs stereotypeobliterating first fiction, are stuck in limbo. Zhangs version of honesty goes way past the familiar, with passages that burst into bold, startling, brilliance.
Jenny zhangs astounding short story collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves, within single sentences, from overwhelming beauty to abject pain new yorker the writing is vibrant, the smells of the city vivid. Jenny zhang born 1983 is an american writer, poet, and prolific essayist based in brooklyn, new york. Jul 23, 2017 sour heart by jenny zhang is published by bloomsbury. Her stories cut across generations and continents, moving from the fraught halls of a public school in flushing, queens, to the tumultuous streets of shanghai, china, during the.
Praise for sour heartjenny zhangs comingofage tales are coarse and funny, sweet and sour, told in language thats roughhewn yet pulsating with energy. A fresh new voice emerges with the arrival of sour heart, establishing jenny zhang as a frank and subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience in america. Zhangs beautiful, direct and sometimes scatological poetry and her bangon essays had already won many of us over, but this book will catapult her to. Fuelled by jenny zhang s singular voice and sly humour, sour heart introduces a bright new force in literary fiction. She is the author of a poetry collection, dear jenny, we are all find, and a collection of poems and essays, the selected jenny zhang. We sat down with jenny to talk about these exceptional tales, being selected for. Her debut short story collection sour heart, published by lennyrandom house in 2017, has received both the penrobert w. Sour heart ebook by jenny zhang 9781408892398 rakuten kobo. Jenny zhang shares 3 of her favorite sour bites of culture.
Then come back and read her debut collection because youll now adore her. I will never forget the first time i read jenny zhang i was stunned, moved and quite frankly a little jealous this book takes jennys voice to a new level i hope you love sour heart as much as i do lena dunhamcentred 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. Jenny zhang on sour heart, her debut book with lena dunhams. Jenny zhangs obscene, beautiful, moving story collection. A frank depiction of poverty and budding sexuality told through interconnected stories narrated by the daughters of chinese immigrants. Read sour heart pdf stories by jenny zhang lenny a sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the. So if youre hesitant to pick up a short story collection, go read a few online by jenny zhang. September 1, 2017 guest list jenny zhang shares 3 of her favorite sour bites of culture. The millions jenny zhangs sour heart is a revelation. Jul 05, 2018 we were joined by jenny zhang, the author of one of the most lauded debuts of the last year, the gorgeous and grotesque slate, sour heart. Praise for sour heart jenny zhangs comingofage tales are coarse and funny, sweet and sour, told in language thats roughhewn yet pulsating with energy. Advance praise for sour heart as i read, i quickly realized that this was something so new and powerful that it would come to shape the worldnot just the literary world, but what we know about reality. This first collection of short stories by zhang, a poet dear jenny, we are all find, 2012, focuses on immigration and the interiority of the teenage experience. Hilarious and devastating, tender, and mischievous.
One focus of her work is on the chinese american immigrant identity and experience in the united states. The grotesque loveliness of sour heart the new republic. Aug 18, 2017 sour heart offers a fierce, fresh take on the hell of coming to america the stories in jenny zhangs powerful debut collection center on the violent, sometimes disturbing experiences of young. Fuelled by jenny zhangs singular voice and sly humour, sour heart introduces a bright new force in literary fiction. Jul 26, 2017 writer and poet jenny zhang on sour heart, a visceral portrait of chineseamerican girls in new york in the 90s. The imprints first title, a debut short story collection by poet jenny zhang called sour heart, publishes august 1 and has been heralded as one of the biggest, buzziest books of 2017. About the author jenny zhang was born in shanghai and raised in new york. Jenny zhangs short story collection sour heart is the first book from lenny, the new literary imprint from lena dunham. Praise for sour heart jenny zhang arrives as a chineseamerican voice we havent heard yet. Jenny zhangs astounding shortstory collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves, within single sentences, from overwhelming beauty to abject pain. New york compelling writing about what it means to be a teenager. Aug 10, 2017 sour heart, a debut collection of short stories from writer jenny zhang orbits around that notion, with each narrative offering a fresh take on the coming of age story, told from the perspectives. Sour heart is a fitting title for jenny zhangs debut collection, whose seven stories offer sharp, unflinching but ultimately charitable portraits of chinese immigrant families in the us.
Shes also written for places like new york times magazine, the guardian, and jezebel and has two published collections of poetry, hags and dear jenny, we are all find. In this debut collection, she conjures the disturbing and often hilarious experience of adolescence through the eyes of chinese american girls growing up in new york city. From 2011 to 2014, zhang wrote extensively for rookie. Jenny zhang on writing sour heart and growing up in.
Christina, a young girl from shanghai, struggles to grow up as her parents sacrifice themselves to the dehumanizing humiliations of poverty. Greta jung, jenny zhang, kim mai guest, nancy wu, emily woo zeller and samantha quan. The millions jenny zhang s sour heart is a revelation. Sep, 2017 jenny zhangs story collection sour heart begins with something you dont see often in fiction. Zhang is a powerful fiction writer who offers an intimate look at girlhood. A young person in a country far, far away has the cojones to immigrate to. Jenny zhang writes fierce, funny, formbusting poetry and articles for the influential online magazine, rookie.
Jenny zhang is a dang good writer and i had already read a few of her short stories before sour heart was released. Jenny zhangs story collection sour heart begins with something you dont see often in fiction. Aug 01, 2017 jenny zhangs astounding shortstory collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves, within single sentences, from overwhelming beauty to abject pain. Aug 14, 2017 jenny zhangs astounding shortstory collection, sour heart, combines ingenious and tightly controlled technical artistry with an unfettered emotional directness that frequently moves. Sour heart offers a fierce, fresh take on the hell. Jenny zhangs short story collection sour heart is a marvel of family, femininity, sexuality, and otherness. Read sour heart by jenny zhang available from rakuten kobo.
Then come back and read her debut collection because youll now adore her and her stories. Mostly set in various new york apartments decidedly not up to code, these seven tales center on the unique ties that bind immigrant chinese familiesthe usversustheworld relationships that buoy, suffocate, transform, and define the next generation. In her book sour heart, jenny zhang arrives as a chinese. Its the inaugural publication from the lenny letter imprint and also the most personally impactful collection of stories. Usa todayone of the knockout fiction debuts of the year.
From mary in the secret garden, to sharon horgans character, donna, in pulling, writer jenny zhang shares some of her favorite sour things from pop culture. Jenny zhang on sour heart, her debut book with lena dunham. Sour heart by jenny zhang overdrive rakuten overdrive. Dec 03, 2017 a darkly funny and intimate rendering of girlhood, sour heart examines what it means to belong to a family, to find your home, leave it, reject it, and return again. Sour heart, a debut collection of short stories from writer jenny zhang orbits around that notion, with each narrative offering a fresh take on the coming of age story, told from the perspectives. Jenny zhang is one of the most exciting and thoroughly original new voices in american fiction, and sour heart is worth every bit of hype. W magazine zhang is a powerful fiction writer who offers an intimate look at girlhood. Praise for sour heart jenny zhang s comingofage tales are coarse and funny, sweet and sour, told in language thats roughhewn yet pulsating with energy.
In addition to her fiction and poetry, zhangs essays have been published by the new york times, poetry magazine, rookie, and buzzfeed. Bingham prize for debut fiction a guardian, nylon, buzzfeed, cosmopolitan, vulture and shelf. Sour heart by jenny zhang publishers lunch bookateria. Winner of the penbingham prize for debut fiction winner of l. W magazine compelling writing about what it means to be a teenager. Sour heart by jenny zhang penguin random house audio. A darkly funny and intimate rendering of girlhood, sour heart examines what it means to belong to a family, to find your home, leave it, reject it, and return again. Like they were a sign of patronage, a sign of having so much money that it had to be squandered on objects with no purpose except to.
Aug 01, 2017 zhang is a powerful fiction writer who offers an intimate look at girlhood. Writer and poet jenny zhang on sour heart, a visceral portrait of chineseamerican girls in new york in the 90s. A sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of chinese american girls growing up in new york cityfor readers of zadie smith, helen oyeyemi, and junot diaza fresh new voice emerges with the arrival of sour heart, establishing jenny zhang as a frank and subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience in america. Sour heart jenny zhang pdf stories by aszidarrio issuu. She has published a collection of poetry called dear jenny, we are all find and a nonfiction chapbook called hags. A sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of chinese american girls growing up in new york cityfor readers of.
Wise, generous, and just the right amount of gross, this story collection heralds the arrival of a radical and irresistible literary voice. Jul 31, 2017 the imprints first title, a debut short story collection by poet jenny zhang called sour heart, publishes august 1 and has been heralded as one of the biggest, buzziest books of 2017. A sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of chinese american girls growing up in new york. Sour heart offers a fierce, fresh take on the hell of coming to america the stories in jenny zhangs powerful debut collection center on the violent, sometimes disturbing experiences of.
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