https://www.scmp.com/rss/330719/feed The latest news on Jenny Zhang, American writer, poet and essayist, including publishing news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sour Heart, winner of this year’s LA Times Book Prize, has made a splash for its striking portraits of Chinese immigrant families in America. Reading the short-story collection from Chinese-American author Jenny Zhang is like peering into the mind of a brash teenager coming of age in a chaotic immigrant household. It’s a body of work characterized by unrelentingly grotesque scenes, devastatingly beautiful prose, and lots of scatological humor. Most of the protagonists are young Chinese-American... https://www.scmp.com/identity/jenny-zhang-author-sour-heart-beauty-poop-and-immigrant-experience/article/3000322?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/jenny-zhang-author-sour-heart-beauty-poop-and-immigrant-experience/article/3000322?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:30:32 +0000