Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin [in Booklist]
28 Jun, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories
*STARRED REVIEW Following her extraordinary novel Little Gods (2020), Meng Jin presents a fascinating 10-story collection divided into four sections. One-line drawings of profiles interrupt, switching directions as if cleverly reminding readers to shift perspectives. Death haunts the first three titles. In “Philip Is Dead,” the narrator insistently...