Tomorrow in Shanghai

Download or read book Tomorrow in Shanghai written by May-lee Chai and published by Blair. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai explores a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and in the world at large--revealing the complex schisms in the globalized world. Her stories illuminate the divides between rural and urban, male and female, rich and poor, and those in-between--always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world.