Home Water: Stories, Poems & Prints

Writer and artist Juliette Chen was raised in a family that always managed to keep one step ahead of colonies that were toppling like dominoes during the last century. Raised in the former British colony of Hong Kong, it is ironic that she has washed up on the shores of yet another former British colony--America. Many of her short stories, poems and prints are set in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the US. They are suffused with a wistfulness for vanished worlds. Like Lot's wife, the immigrant knows the risk of looking back but cannot help herself. Chen is particularly attuned to the marginalized and vulnerable--whether it's a child growing up in wartime Vietnam, or an abused foreign bride. Chen's lino and woodblock prints capture moments of solitude and reflection of the street people of Hong Kong--humble trades such as rickshaw-pulling, shoe-shining, or hawking vegetables at one of the many open-air markets. She depicts blind itinerant musicians, a man with his pet songbird, a tired father with his watchful daughter--simple melodies gleaned from the cacophony of the metropolis.

Author: Juliette Chen

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Sep 24, 2017

Number of Pages: 67 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1499332211

ISBN-13: 9781499332216