{"id":48957,"date":"2022-01-17T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=48957"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:15:58","slug":"lesser-known-monsters-of-the-21st-century-by-kim-fu-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/lesser-known-monsters-of-the-21st-century-by-kim-fu-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48968\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Lesser-Known-Monsters-of-the-21st-Century-Kim-Fu-BookDragon-518x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Lesser-Known-Monsters-of-the-21st-Century-Kim-Fu-BookDragon-518x800.jpg 518w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Lesser-Known-Monsters-of-the-21st-Century-Kim-Fu-BookDragon.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nLauded Vancouver-born, Seattle-domiciled poet-novelist Kim Fu (<a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/lost-girls-camp-forevermore-kim-fu-library-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore<\/em><\/a>, 2018) presents a dozen sly, provocative, fabulous short stories sure to delight and shock. From doll parts to winged ankles to stockpiled gold bars, Fu flaunts an inimitable imagination. She deftly parses death in various situations, including a suicide attempt via time machine in \u201cTime Cubes,\u201d a couple\u2019s mutual murders in \u201cTwenty Hours,\u201d a whole family\u2019s annihilation by accident and hanging in \u201cThe Doll,\u201d and an unintended runaway bride\u2019s watery subsummation in \u201cBridezilla.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missed loved ones get reanimated in \u201cPre-Simulation Consultation XF007867\u201d and inspire a sister\u2019s potential revenge killing-in-the-making in \u201c#ClimbingNation.\u201d Abusive lovers get exposed in \u201cScissors,\u201d during a sexually charged theater performance, and in \u201cJune Bugs,\u201d in which the abused attempts to flee the abuser. A young student does\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>leap to her death in \u201cLiddy, First to Fly,\u201d a chronic insomniac finally gets to sleep in \u201cThe Sandman,\u201d the violent die violently in \u201cIn This Fantasy,\u201d and a graphic designer creates tasteful immersive experiences in \u201cDo You Remember Candy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speculative elements so adroitly and casually inserted into seemingly realistic narratives seem to be stoking a growing genre. Fu joins recent maestros Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (<a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/friday-black-stories-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah-in-booklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Friday Black<\/em><\/a>, 2018), Charles Yu (<a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/sorry-please-thank-you-stories-by-charles-yu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sorry Please Thank You<\/em><\/a>, 2012), and Seong-nan Ha (<a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/bluebeards-first-wife-stories-by-ha-seong-nan-translated-by-janet-hong-in-booklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bluebeard\u2019s First Wife<\/em><\/a>, 2020) in creating irrefutably fantastic fiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Lesser-Known-Monsters-of-the-21st-Century-\/pid=9755096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, January 1&amp;15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Lauded Vancouver-born, Seattle-domiciled poet-novelist Kim Fu (The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, 2018) presents a dozen sly, provocative, fabulous short stories sure to delight and shock. 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