The Palm Leaf Fan and Other Stories - Li, Kwai-Yun
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From crumbling shops in Chinatown to decaying tanneries in Tangra, Kwai-yun Li's collection of linked short stories expose us to the life of a marginalized community in Calcutta. Sitting outside her shoe shop, a woman welcomes her neighbour and soon arranges a marriage or her six-year-old daughter; a woman runs a Buddhist circle and temple from her home, which handily supporting her family; during a border skirmish in the north east, Chinese mothers prepare packages for life in a concentration camp; and a gentle bookseller and his daughter disappear for his political sympathies...

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From crumbling shops in Chinatown to decaying tanneries in Tangra, Kwai-yun Li's collection of linked short stories expose us to the life of a marginalized community in Calcutta. Sitting outside her shoe shop, a woman welcomes her neighbour and soon arranges a marriage or her six-year-old daughter; a woman runs a Buddhist circle and temple from her home, which handily supporting her family; during a border skirmish in the north east, Chinese mothers prepare packages for life in a concentration camp; and a gentle bookseller and his daughter disappear for his political sympathies...
Autorenporträt
Kwai-Yun Li's Hakka parents emigrated from Moi-yen, China to Calcutta, India, where Kwai was born. She grew up in Chattawalla Gully, in the old part of the city, and came to Canada through an arranged marriage. She is a co-author of A Kiss Beside the Monkey Bars, a collection of short stories.