Jeng: 4 books

The Fire is a collection of seemingly disparate short works of various types that, when understood, reveal themselves to be an intricately connected, multi-layered final offering of a deceased author.

美雨は猫であり、ボーンチャイナの陶芸家でもある。美しい磁器を作るために、美雨はいかがわしい仕業で怪しげな素材を仕入れる。チュラはたまたま来日した難民キャンプのNPOボランティアであり、蛙でもある。美雨が錯乱状態を克服する手助けができるのはチュラだけだ。一方、ネズミの大群はよからぬことを企んでいて、相反する利害関係の争いは直に始まる。ネズミ団の親分は美雨の心を解く鍵を握っているが、戦うことなくそれを譲るつもりはないだろう。Mew...

Jusleen, a happy-go-lucky “everybody’s friend,” meets her match in the aloof and reticent Michael. An excursion to the popular hiking trail at Mission Peak becomes the pretext for discussing the controversial Pan-Asian question: Does Taiwanese cultural identity assume a Chinese label in America?Told...

At thirty, Tabitha is a self-defined failure. Japan was supposed to be the chance for her to reinvent herself, but her insecurities continue to plague her. Recently fired from her teaching job and facing an uncertain future, Tabitha makes a wish at an Inari shrine.The encounter with an eccentric...