The Kite Family
Hon Lai-chu and Andrea Lingenfelter (translator)
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“This is a collection of six novellas, but although they’re not linked in plot, I think they’re very connected in terms of their style. Hon Lai-chu has a very distinctive way of using language. She takes the most familiar aspects of living in Hong Kong—the streets, the construction noises, even the mother who nags you when you want to sleep in at the weekend—and re-examines them through a surreal, almost Kafkaesque lens. One character wants to become a chair. Another goes to the dentist and complains of teeth growing out of their mouth.” Read more...
Wong Yi, Novelist
