Spirits Abroad: This award-winning collection inspired by Asian myths and folklore will entertain and...

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Zen Cho

Spirits Abroad

This award-winning collection inspired by Asian myths and folklore will entertain and delight...

Zen Cho

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Tor
27 February 2024

Drawing inspiration from Asian myth, folklore and her own queer experience, the award-winning Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho will guide you from the mundane to the magical, to enchanted realms inhabited by dragons, vampires and incorrigible grandmothers.

We'll meet an elderly ex-member of parliament, who recalls her youthful romance with an orang bunian. This was forbidden. Not because her lover was an invisible jungle spirit, but because she was Muslim and he was not. Then a teenage vampire struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, 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.

Across nineteen sparkling stories, this is a journey into magical new worlds of the imagination.

Praise for Zen Cho's work:

'An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susannah Clarke, full of delights and surprises' -Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted, on Sorcerer to the Crown

'Phenomenal. This is what it is to be queer and Asian . . . Magical and mundane, fierce and hopeful, Malaysian to the bone - this book is uncompromisingly itself' - Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun on Black Water Sister

By: Zen Cho
Imprint: Tor
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 571g
ISBN: 9781035015641
ISBN 10: 1035015641
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 27 February 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in Birmingham. She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and won the Crawford Award. Her debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, won the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer. She is also the author of Black Water Sister and Spirits Abroad.

Reviews for Spirits Abroad: This award-winning collection inspired by Asian myths and folklore will entertain and delight

A swath of delightful and intricate stories from a wildly inventive storyteller -- Kirkus Reviews Absolutely gorgeous . . . Just as with her novels, Cho merges humor and relatable characters with delightful prose and engaging storylines -- Buzzfeed An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susannah Clarke, full of delights and surprises -- Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted on Sorcerer to the Crown Inventive, dangerous, brilliant, unsettling, and adorable . . . Historical Britain will never be the same again -- Courtney Milan on Sorcerer to the Crown A sheer delight from beginning to end -- Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree on The True Queen A joyous mash-up of Jane Austen and high fantasy -- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts on The True Queen Phenomenal. This is what it is to be queer and Asian . . . Magical and mundane, fierce and hopeful, Malaysian to the bone – this book is uncompromisingly itself -- Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun on Black Water Sister