Author Jenny Zhang's Sour Heart powerfully interweaves immigrant experiences

The short stories in Jenny Zhang's new collection Sour Heart  tell the stories of seven interconnected Chinese-American immigrants looking back on their childhood growing up in New York.

The stories centre around themes of self-discovery, anger, and how immigration can be oppressive — experiences Zhang feels are not often examined in literature about Chinese-American immigrants

The book features Zhang's accessible yet incisive writing and provides an unvarnished look into the anxieties and desires of her youthful protagonists. Zhang's characters wrestle with inter-generational angst, poverty and self-image issues.

Zhang's book is the first publication on Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's Lenny imprint and is gaining widespread acclaim.

— Produced by Cora Nijhawan