The Passion of Woo & Isolde

The Passion of Woo & Isolde scintillates with the thrall of the unknown and the forbidden, the immigrant and the exile. In each of these 24 very short fictions, novelist and poet Jennifer Tseng explores the limits and limitlessness of our ability to see. A museum worker meets her wife from a previous life in the form of a security guard; a mouse believes she and a lion share a covenant; newlyweds who speak two different languages make love without understanding one another. With its host of unforgettable characters, the collection accumulates into a work of elegance and daring from a writer whose intuitive leaps and emotional intelligence
make her one of the most compelling voices writing across genres today.

Contest judge Amelia Gray writes: “The Passion of Woo & Isolde does unique work that might seem natural to Jennifer Tseng but feels stunning to the rest of us; it presents a series of moments that aspire to illuminate life itself.”