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All Roads Lead to Blood
All Roads Lead to Blood

All Roads Lead to Blood

FICTION

166 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket, PDF, EPUB

Trade Paper, $15.95 (CA $17.95) (US $15.95)

Publication Date: September 2018

ISBN 9781939650870

Rights: WOR

Santa Fe Writer's Project (Sep 2018)

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Overview

Bold stories that explore the contemporary realities faced by young Asian-American women

“Chau’s voice is strong, the stories tense. Readers should snatch this collection up.”— Mat Johnson, author of Loving DayUnflinching portrayals of desire and alienation fill Bonnie Chau's award-winning story collection. Chau's short fiction explores the lives of young women navigating love, failure, heritage, and memory, and presents a fresh perspective of second-generation Chinese-Americans. Moving back and forth between California and New York, and ranging as far away as Paris, Chau's exquisitely written stories are bold, highly imaginative, and haunting, featuring characters who defiantly exert their individuality.

Reviews

“Chau's stories [are] a straight shot into the deepest recesses of my body…masterful.” —Anelise Chen, author of So Many Olympic Exertions


"Chau's voice is strong, the stories tense. Readers should snatch this collection up." —Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day


"The intensity and desire of youth, with the wisdom of wild imagination, fill these wonderful stories by Chau. This unforgettable, stellar debut kept surprising me with fantastical turns, and sharp, unsettling insights." —Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances


"Chau is a writer of sharp intelligence who cannot help but to build life—messy and raw and real—on the page. A remarkable debut." —Ben Marcus, author of Leaving the Sea


"I loved these leaky, sexy, witty stories of displacement and translation, of dutiful daughters and secret selves changing shapes and fragmenting." —Kate Zambreno, author of O Fallen Angel


"Brilliant and strange, Chau's arresting short stories delve into the emotional and sexual lives of second-generation Chinese-American women... Chau is a distinctive voice." —Kirkus


"...an exhilarating debut...honest and arresting. All Roads Lead to Blood will ring true to anyone who feels like they’re lingering on the path toward figuring themselves out." —Arianna Rebolini, Buzzfeed


"All Roads Lead to Blood is a strong offering that masterfully explores both the power and the pain of female sexuality." —Jesi Buell, Heavy Feather Review

Author Biography

Bonnie Chau is from Southern California, where she formerly ran writing programs at the nonprofit 826LA. She received her MFA in fiction and translation from Columbia University. A Kundiman fellow, she works at an independent bookstore in Brooklyn and is assistant web editor at Poets & Writers.