6/6/2023 0 Comments Bliss montage![]() ![]() “It is in the most surreal situations that a person feels the most present, the closest to reality,” remarks one of Ma’s characters.īliss Montage takes its title from a term coined by film historian Jeanine Basinger in her 1993 book A Woman’s View. Almost every story has a fantastical edge, from a drug that turns its users invisible to a fetus that partially develops outside the womb to a short guide to making love with a yeti. In her newest book, a collection of short stories called Bliss Montage, she proves adept at various genres - literary fiction, magical realism, horror, and science fiction making appearances in the collection. Ma is skilled at balancing on the knife edge of magical realism, expertly navigating the space between fantasy and reality. ![]() ![]() Ling Ma’s debut novel, Severance (2018), explores a world ravaged by an infectious disease through the lens of a disaffected millennial immigrant. ![]()
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