kab reviewed Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance …
Spirits Abroad
5 stars
Zen Cho is my new favourite short story writer. Generally I find magic realism exhausting and irrelevant (García Márquez). Spirits Abroad is the first work I've read whose magical elements complement the stories—which pulse with inventiveness and humour.