The Immortal Woman by Su Chang

The Immortal Woman by Su Chang

The titular Immortal Woman is one of Lemei’s favourite pieces of folklore growing up; forbidden in the China she lives in, but still one her mother tries to impart on her. Su Chang’s novel travels from the mid-late 1950s in the throes of the Cultural Revolution in China, to late 1990s and early 2000s in North America, circling back to modern China. The Immortal Woman is a densely packed novel focusing on generational trauma, loss of identity (se…