Jewel Box: Stories
E. Lily Yu
(Author)
Description
The strange, the sublime, and the monstrous confront one another with astonishing consequences in this collection of twenty-two stories from award-winning writer E. Lily Yu. In the village of Yiwei, a fallen wasp nest unfurls into a beautifully accurate map. In a field in Louisiana, birdwatchers forge an indelible connection over a shared glimpse of a Vermilion Flycatcher, and fall. In Nineveh, a judge who prides himself on impartiality finds himself questioned by a mysterious god. On a nameless shore, a small monster searches for refuge and finds unexpected courage. At turns bittersweet and boundary-breaking, poignant and profound, these twenty-two stories sing, as the oldest fables do, of what it means to be alive in this strange, terrible, beautiful world. For readers who loved the intelligence and compassion in Kim Fu's Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century and the dreamlike prose of Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners, this collection introduces the short fiction of E. Lily Yu, winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and author of the Washington Book Award-winning novel On Fragile Waves, praised by the New York Times Book Review as "devastating and perfect."Product Details
Price
$27.00
$25.11
Publisher
Erewhon Books
Publish Date
October 24, 2023
Pages
336
Dimensions
0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781645660484
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About the Author
E. Lily Yu is the author of the novel On Fragile Waves, which won the Washington State Book Award. She received the Artist Trust LaSalle Storyteller Award in 2017 and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer in 2012. Her stories have appeared in venues from McSweeney's to Tor.com, as well as thirteen best-of-the-year anthologies, and have been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards. You can find her at elilyyu.com.
Reviews
Praise for On Fragile Waves:
★ "In flowing, lyrical prose, Yu showcases the power of folklore and the pain of displacement. This is a knockout." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ★ "On Fragile Waves is a lyrical fabulist novel that will enchant readers of both literary fiction and fantasy." --Booklist, starred review ★ "An evocative and heart-lacerating debut novel.... Essential fiction to understand our world." --Library Journal, starred review ★ "On Fragile Waves is a masterful and poetic novel about finding hope and joy in the most dire circumstances." --Foreword Reviews, starred review "On Fragile Waves" is a tremendous and almost unbearable work of witness. It is devastating and perfect." --New York Times Book Review "Beautifully written, absorbing, powerful.... This should win awards when it comes out next year. I think Yu is doing some of the most exciting things in genre." --Jo Walton, Tor.com "An extraordinary achievement--original in voice, powerful in material, a book of brutal beauty and unflinching compassion. May it be noticed and read and praised and believed." --Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves "A heartbreaking celebration of the necessity of joy. A soul-searing tale of homecoming, home-becoming, home-conjuring. By holding up the jagged beauty of faith against despair, E. Lily Yu is the brilliant voice of conscience our age needs." --Ken Liu, author of The Paper Menagerie and The Grace of Kings "An incredibly accomplished debut novel, a necessary and important tale of empathy and imagination and hope." --Matt Bell, author of Appleseed "E. Lily Yu's finely honed prose and her child narrator allow for flashes of warmth and beauty between the shocks and sorrows, the terrors and humiliations." --Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels "Vivid, intense and heart-wrenching. On Fragile Waves is both a coming-of-age tale and an unflinching meditation on exile, belonging, fragility and hope." --Victoria Law, co-author of Prison By Any Other Name "On Fragile Waves confirms that E. Lily Yu is a prodigy. Every line a gemstone, every page a calligram." -- Usman T. Malik, author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan "A stunning heartbreaker. The prose is as sharp and beautiful as the story it tells . . . bringing into painful beautiful focus all the ways the world is horrible, and all the ways the world is magic." --Sam J. Miller, Nebula-Award-winning author of Blackfish City and The Art of Starving
★ "In flowing, lyrical prose, Yu showcases the power of folklore and the pain of displacement. This is a knockout." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ★ "On Fragile Waves is a lyrical fabulist novel that will enchant readers of both literary fiction and fantasy." --Booklist, starred review ★ "An evocative and heart-lacerating debut novel.... Essential fiction to understand our world." --Library Journal, starred review ★ "On Fragile Waves is a masterful and poetic novel about finding hope and joy in the most dire circumstances." --Foreword Reviews, starred review "On Fragile Waves" is a tremendous and almost unbearable work of witness. It is devastating and perfect." --New York Times Book Review "Beautifully written, absorbing, powerful.... This should win awards when it comes out next year. I think Yu is doing some of the most exciting things in genre." --Jo Walton, Tor.com "An extraordinary achievement--original in voice, powerful in material, a book of brutal beauty and unflinching compassion. May it be noticed and read and praised and believed." --Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves "A heartbreaking celebration of the necessity of joy. A soul-searing tale of homecoming, home-becoming, home-conjuring. By holding up the jagged beauty of faith against despair, E. Lily Yu is the brilliant voice of conscience our age needs." --Ken Liu, author of The Paper Menagerie and The Grace of Kings "An incredibly accomplished debut novel, a necessary and important tale of empathy and imagination and hope." --Matt Bell, author of Appleseed "E. Lily Yu's finely honed prose and her child narrator allow for flashes of warmth and beauty between the shocks and sorrows, the terrors and humiliations." --Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels "Vivid, intense and heart-wrenching. On Fragile Waves is both a coming-of-age tale and an unflinching meditation on exile, belonging, fragility and hope." --Victoria Law, co-author of Prison By Any Other Name "On Fragile Waves confirms that E. Lily Yu is a prodigy. Every line a gemstone, every page a calligram." -- Usman T. Malik, author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan "A stunning heartbreaker. The prose is as sharp and beautiful as the story it tells . . . bringing into painful beautiful focus all the ways the world is horrible, and all the ways the world is magic." --Sam J. Miller, Nebula-Award-winning author of Blackfish City and The Art of Starving
