A Year in Reading: Sonya Chung
The books that stuck with me this year happen to fall under a theme: romance. But not the escapist kind: no froofy happy-ever-afters. I found myself drawn to earnest stories of love and longing that take place in realistically complex and sometimes unforgiving contexts. In these worlds, the crash-collision of the deep human desire for intimacy, the courage to pursue that desire, and the facts of life more often than not lead to heartache and heartbreak. Still, if you’re like me—a romantic through and through—you don’t regret spending the time or investing yourself in these journeys; because you believe the characters don’t either.
In ’s 2017 story collection, the protagonists—mostly Indian American men—look for love, or what they think love might be, and find themselves , yes; but
