Bestiary - K-Ming Chang
Category: Novel
Narrator: Nancy Wu
Tags: Novel, General Fiction, Adults, Contemporary
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE , Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one familys queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets., Gorgeous and gorgeously grotesque. Every line of this sensuous, magical-realist marvel is utterly alive. (O: The Oprah Magazine), FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine NPR The New York Public Library Kirkus Reviews, One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a womans body. She was called Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes. Soon afterward, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother; a visiting aunt arrives with snakes in
