Sarah Zhang
Book Review: 'Beauty plus Pity' by Kevin Chong
Sarah Zhang - August 17, 2011
On the spectrum of Asian immigrant parents, the unrelentingly strict Tiger Mother sits at one end, and the indulgent parents of Malcolm Kwan, the protagonist of Beauty Plus Pity, at the other.
Review of Sarita Mandanna's 'Tiger Hills'
Sarah Zhang - June 22, 2011
Through sheer force of storytelling, Tiger Hills is not the type of novel to send its reader to bed early. It is a brisk, entertaining read, but the plot and characters tread on well-worn tropes and archetypes.
Review of Ruiyan Xu's 'The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai'
Sarah Zhang - June 1, 2011
To insure that your character is unlikable to readers, make her a little too perfect. Give her a successful literary career, make her very beautiful, and give her a rich and handsome husband. Transplant her from Brooklyn to Shanghai and, well, that much doesn't change.