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Fighting Demons by S.L. Huang
This is a sequel short story to Hunting Monsters, both available on the internet, and there is a sequel novella (that I've not read yet -- impatiently waiting for it to come in!!)
In short: this was incredible. It takes some familiar fairy tale characters -- Little Red Riding Hood and the White Snake -- so there's a strange half-known background pulling from both Western and Eastern myths, while really telling the story about how the second generation grapples and comes to terms with their heritage and place in the world.
It's not very subtle in how it presents the arguments about filial piety vs independence, about how culture shapes your world, about the push pull of growing up in a different world than your parent. Of course, I'm probably exactly the correct target audience for this, so I cannot like, objectively judge its merits, but I loved every moment of it.
Read it here: http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2015/09/fighting-demons-by-s-l-huang.html
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sophia_sol for reccing the book and enabling me to find this short story!
In short: this was incredible. It takes some familiar fairy tale characters -- Little Red Riding Hood and the White Snake -- so there's a strange half-known background pulling from both Western and Eastern myths, while really telling the story about how the second generation grapples and comes to terms with their heritage and place in the world.
It's not very subtle in how it presents the arguments about filial piety vs independence, about how culture shapes your world, about the push pull of growing up in a different world than your parent. Of course, I'm probably exactly the correct target audience for this, so I cannot like, objectively judge its merits, but I loved every moment of it.
Read it here: http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2015/09/fighting-demons-by-s-l-huang.html
Thanks to
sophia_sol for reccing the book and enabling me to find this short story!