03360cam a2200373 4500 553668384 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063049918 0063049910 B08NNZ6CR1 Amazon B08NNZ6CR1 Amazon f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5905963 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib So, Anthony Veasna. Afterparties [Libby] : Stories. HarperCollins, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1168kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:<p><strong>INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</strong></p> <p><strong>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK</strong></p> <p><strong>Named a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper's Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic</strong></p> <p><strong>A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities</strong></p> <p>Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.</p> <p>A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle's snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a "safe space" app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.</p> <p>The stories in Afterparties, "powered by So's skill with the telling detail, are like beams of wry, affectionate light, falling from different directions on a complicated, struggling, beloved American community" (George Saunders).</p>. Media Type: eBook. National Book Critics Circle Award. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-04-13 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)