ARGONAUT BOOKS

In Tsao's (The Majesties, 2020) provocative novel, "rebirth" is the process in which pregnant Vivi will give birth to her baby and to a second self that will grow quickly, kill her, and eat her. Her sister, her husband, and her society view rebirth as a generative gift to new mothers: five years of superhuman strength and vigor. But Vivi is scared. She wants the baby, but she doesn't want to be killed and eaten by a new self. . . . This well-structured and deeply compelling novel is about so much more than postpartum struggles literalized into horror. It's about Chinese immigration to Australi...Read More