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Author weaves family history with fiction in debut novel

Author weaves family history with fiction in debut novel

FromNPR's Book of the Day


Author weaves family history with fiction in debut novel

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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

Description

In Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel, A Map For the Missing, readers can find parallels between Tang's personal history and her fiction. The book touches on family mystery, personal identity and connections between the end of China's Cultural Revolution in the 1970s up through the1990s. While talking with NPR's Ari Shapiro, Tang shares why she chose this moment in Chinese history for her novel.
Released:
Aug 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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