Bestiary

"Full of magic realism that reaches down your throat, grabs hold of your guts and forces a slow reckoning with what it means to be a foreigner, a native, a mother, a daughter--and all the things in between."--The New York Times Book Review

"Bestiary blurs the lines between humans and animals, exploring the stories we tell about ourselves to survive."--The Wall Street Journal

"Chang's facility for making even mundane or traumatic events beautiful with words is a reminder that stories are, among other things, some of our very best survival tools."--NPR

"Bestiary bursts open like delicious fruit. . . . Her lyrical imagery promises a better future, and Bestiary promises more great work to come from K-Ming Chang."--Los Angeles Times

"Young queer love, family secrets, and a girl who grows a tiger tail, all told by a language obsessive? Extremely sold."--LitHub

"K-Ming Chang, an extremely talented young Taiwanese-American author, offers a wild portrait of three generations of women who have in them tigers, snakes, and birds: the myths of their homeland."--The Millions

"Epic and intimate at once, Bestiary brings myth to visceral life. K-Ming Chang's talent exposes what is hidden inside us. She makes magic on the page."--Julia Philips, author of Disappearing Earth

"I didn't read this novel so much as become immersed in it, a jungle filled with surprises, countless moments of desire and pain and light."--Charles Yu, author of Interior Chinatown

"Chang is ferociously talented, one of my favorite new writers. Here is a book so wise, so gripping, so mythical and dangerous, so infused with surreal beauty, it burns to be read, and read again."--Justin Torres, author of We the Animals

"Crafted at the scale of epic poetry . . . These are fables I wish I'd had growing up."--Elaine Castillo, author of America Is Not the Heart

"An unflinching examination of unbreakable ties. You may want to look away, but K-Ming Chang won't let you."--Thea Lim, author of An Ocean of Minutes

"This searing, lush novel can't be justly summarized--you must read it yourself, for K-Ming Chang is a fearless, singular talent."--Shawna Yang Ryan, author of Green Island

"Fierce and funny, full of magic and grit . . . truly remarkable."--Tash Aw, author of We, the Survivors

"A worthy heir to Maxine Hong Kingston, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, and Jamaica Kincaid, K-Ming Chang is a woman warrior for the twenty-first century--part oracle, part witness, all heart."--Jennifer Tseng, author of Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness