Land of Big Numbers: Stories

"Set in both mainland China and the United States, Te-Ping Chen’s stories explore the personal and the public, individuality and community, and the complicated relationships between those. In one story, a group of commuters gets stuck on a subway platform for days, then weeks, and they begin making a new life down there. In another, a widow goes in search of her husband’s family, about whom she knows next to nothing. Including tales both realist and fabulist, Chen’s stories shine with haunting details and nuanced emotions."