Afterparties

Afterparties gives a wide depiction of the lives of Cambodian-Americans, seamlessly shifting between the ludicrous and the tenderhearted, blending biting humor with piercing emotional depth. As the children of refugees carve out radical new routes for themselves in California, they bear the burden of the Khmer Rouge massacre while grappling with the intricacies of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.

A struggling grocery shop owner and high school badminton coach attempted to recreate his golden days by defeating a rising star teenage player. Two inebriated brothers attend a wedding afterparty and devise a scheme to reveal their sleazy uncle's snub of the bride and groom. An elderly software entrepreneur attempting to build a "safe place" app and a disillusioned young teacher infatuated with Moby-Dick begin a homosexual love affair. In the last narrative, a nine-year-old boy discovers that his mother survived a racist school shooter.

The stories in Afterparties provide an explosive introduction to Anthony Veasna So's writing, with delicate emotional accuracy, sharp humor, and sympathetic insight into the intimacy of LGBT and immigrant communities.

Detailed information:
Author: Anthony Veasna So
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/51733706-afterparties