{"product_id":"little-seed-paperback","title":"Little Seed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWei Tchou\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Little Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is what I want the future of literature to be.\" --Sam Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eSarahland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is an experimental memoir that braids together the narrative of the author's relationship with her brother and family with a deeply personal field guide to ferns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters move associatively, commenting on each other indirectly and drawing out questions of assimilation, race, class, gender, nature and the general problem of being and knowing. When the author's brother has a psychotic break, the rigid structure of the book itself breaks apart and the protagonist adventures to the cloud forest of Oaxaca in order to truly live: to know the world by experiencing it rather than reading about it or following the direction of others. Some persistent themes throughout the book: What does it mean to be Chinese? What is love and how best to love? What really is a fern?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWei Tchou's essays and reporting can be found in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e The Oxford American\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. She likes to write about food, nature, and the complications of identity. She is the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship and has an MFA from Hunter College. She lives in New York City, where she is tending a lemon tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750395805984,"sku":"9781646053360","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f060000b0f46da4a9c6e604923a6ae08.webp?v=1779949537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/little-seed-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}