New Book Announcement: “Self-Portrait With Ghost” by Meng Jin

Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories, Meng Jin (Mariner Books , July 2022)
Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories, Meng Jin (Mariner Books, July 2022)

From the acclaimed author of Little Gods, whose “gift merges science, politics and art: the kind of audacity our world needs now” (Gina Apostol), comes an immersive and electrifying story collection that explores self-construction, female resilience, and migrations both literal and transformative.

Written during the turbulent years of the Trump administration and the first year of the pandemic, these ten thematically linked stories explore intimacy and isolation, coming-of-age and coming to terms with the repercussions of past mistakes, fraying relationships and surprising moments of connection. Moving between San Francisco and China, and from unsparing realism to genre-bending delight, Self-Portrait with Ghost considers what it means to live in an age of heightened self-consciousness, seemingly endless access to knowledge, and little actual power.