{"product_id":"9781949467864","title":"Tomorrow in Shanghai","description":"Author: May-lee Chai\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781949467864\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Blair\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Dec 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 166\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, \u003ci\u003eUseful Phrases for Immigrants\u003c\/i\u003e, May-lee Chai's latest collection \u003ci\u003eTomorrow in Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality-always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories transport the reader, variously: to rural China, where a city doctor harvests organs to fund a wedding and a future for his family; on a vacation to France, where a white mother and her biracial daughter cannot escape their fraught relationship; inside the unexpected romance of two Chinese-American women living abroad in China; and finally, to a future Chinese colony on Mars, where an aging working-class woman lands a job as a nanny. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867130941598,"sku":"ADS-9781949467864","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781949467864.jpg?v=1779430605","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781949467864","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}