This weekend flew by really fast. However, I spent a significant amount of it reading, making for a great weekend.
Here’s my reading highlight:
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
5 stars
I’m very grateful I picked up this book. It beautifully blends literary and historical fiction into a love story that spans sixty years. The narrative offers a nuanced perspective on the Chinese diaspora, reflected not only through the use of Chinese languages—Shanghainese, Cantonese, Putonghua—and English, but also through the different names of the characters, depending on their locations, and offers a deep reflection on the meaning of home.
I appreciated the dual perspective and how the timelines merged between both main characters—Haiwen’s chapters moving backwards in time and Suchi’s moving forward.
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