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Spirits Abroad

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Journey through enchanted realms inhabited by dragons, vampires and incorrigible grandmothers, drawn from East Asian and Malaysian myth and folklore, in Zen Cho's magical Spirits Abroad . . .

'A joy to read' - Veronica Roth, author of Divergent

We meet an elderly ex-member of parliament who recalls her youthful romance with an orang bunian, forbidden not because her lover was an invisible jungle spirit, but because she was Muslim and he was not. A teenage vampire struggles to balance homework, bossy aunts, first love . . . and eating people. A mischievous matriarch returns from the dead to disrupt her own funeral rites, pitting granddaughter against granddaughter. An earth spirit becomes entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord. And Chang E, the Chinese moon goddess, spins off into outer space - the ultimate metaphor for diaspora.

Spirits Abroad won the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, and contains the Hugo Award winner 'If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again'

'Absolutely fantastic . . . A wonderfully satisfying and immersive reading experience. Get it, stat' - KJ Charles, author of The Magpie Lord

'This collection is a delight . . . Just as I'd decided on a favourite, along came ANOTHER FAVOURITE, and ANOTHER' - Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light

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ISBN: 9781035015665
Publication date:
Author: Zen Cho
Publisher: Tor an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 338 pages
Genres: Contemporary fantasy
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Occult fiction
Magical realism
Fantasy romance
Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings
Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
Narrative theme: Coming of age
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration
Shorter Reads
Asian history