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'Peach Blossom Spring' interrogates the meaning of home

'Peach Blossom Spring' interrogates the meaning of home

FromNPR's Book of the Day


'Peach Blossom Spring' interrogates the meaning of home

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Can you belong to more than one home? Author Melissa Fu sets out to answer that question in her debut novel Peach Blossom Spring. The story of the Peach Blossom Spring was first told by a poet over one thousand years ago: A fisherman stumbles upon a paradise of peach trees and has to decide whether to abandon his old life and stay in this beautiful place or go back home. That is the same predicament that Fu's main character Renshu faces. Fu told NPR's Ailsa Chang that it's hard to live in two cultures but she wouldn't have it any other way.
Released:
Mar 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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