A thousand beginnings and endings : 15 retellings of Asian myths and legends / edited by Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman.
Pub Date:
[2018]
ISBN:
9780062671158
Description:
328 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Forbidden fruit (Filipino) / Olivia's table (Chinese) / Steel skin (Hmong) / Still star-crossed (Punjabi) / Counting the vermillion beads (Vietnamese) / The Land of the Morning Calm (Korean) / The smile (South Asian) / Girls who twirl and other dangers (Gujarati) / Nothing into all (Korean) / Spear carrier (South Asian) / Code of honor (Filipino) / Bullet, butterfly (Chinese) / Daughter of the Sun (South Asian) / The Crimson cloak (Chinese) / Eyes like candlelight (Japanese)
Abstract:
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
