FISH MEAT is a funny, heartbreaking, hopeful story spanning oceans and centuries while remaining intimate and character-focused.
Ng’s deftly weaves together two timelines, inhabiting two seemingly different worlds with humor and familiarity, her potent dialogue by turns colloquial and poetic. Her two protagonists—one a plucky teen girl from a nineteenth century fishing village, the other a queer marine biologist and transracial adoptee—echo and reflect each other until their paths unexpectedly collide. FISH MEAT asks uncomfortable questions about consent, fetishization and agency, all while...
FISH MEAT is a funny, heartbreaking, hopeful story spanning oceans and centuries while remaining intimate and character-focused.
Ng’s deftly weaves together two timelines, inhabiting two seemingly different worlds with humor and familiarity, her potent dialogue by turns colloquial and poetic. Her two protagonists—one a plucky teen girl from a nineteenth century fishing village, the other a queer marine biologist and transracial adoptee—echo and reflect each other until their paths unexpectedly collide. FISH MEAT asks uncomfortable questions about consent, fetishization and agency, all while maintaining a sense of humor and moments of tender humanity. Must-read!