![]() ![]() A young man struggling to preserve his culture in the face of utter annihilation finds peace in the transcendence of fleeting memory in “Mono No Aware.” As a couple explores one of the hidden atrocities of the Second World War, they try to speak for those who no longer can in “The Man Who Ended History.” And in “An Advanced Reader’s Picture Book of Comparative Cognition,” a mother and father who are separated by vast distances must invoke for their children a thousand ways love may take form. ![]() In the title story, “The Paper Menagerie,” a child loses touch with the magical paper menagerie built for him by his mother, a mail-order bride in suburban Connecticut, but then discovers as an adult that love knows no bounds. ![]() In “Simulacrum,” the daughter of the revered inventor of augmented reality is irrevocably divided from her father by the technology that is meant to help her be closer to him. Deftly riffing off the power of narrative, this collection is as heartbreaking as it is charming. Ken Liu has quickly become one of the most original and thought-provoking story writers on his generation. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu ![]()
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