This is a poignant, touching short story collection by Ken Liu, featuring the titular story ‘The Paper Menagerie’. The story revolves around Jack, a Chinese-American growing up in Connecticut, who tries to reconcile his American side with his Chinese ancestry. It explores themes like language, immigration, and belonging. His mother’s magic origami animals used to be his companions, but as he grew old, he became embarrassed by his mother’s small English vocabulary, and finally, he stopped speaking to her entirely.
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