novelette rec: We Shall Drink Wine
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cnovelsI come with a rec for a novelette set in fantasy historical china!
We Shall Drink Wine
By Andrew K Hoe
➤ about two sword-brothers, meeting again after decades apart
➤ and holy shit it is SO SO SO GOOD
➤ the way the story circles around itself over and over again, uncovering new layers each time, new complexities, new details about what happened and what is happening -- it's so beautifully constructed and leads the reader on so compellingly
➤ and the story it's telling.....one about love, and trust, and classism, and imperialism, and the threat of monstrous creatures inflitrating......about, at its heart, the relationship between these two men, their importance to each other, and the fractures at the heart of their relationship, and the wide-reaching consequences
➤ I love it so much, it's brilliantly and beautifully done and with such fascinating explorations of its themes!
➤ 10k words
We Shall Drink Wine
By Andrew K Hoe
➤ about two sword-brothers, meeting again after decades apart
➤ and holy shit it is SO SO SO GOOD
➤ the way the story circles around itself over and over again, uncovering new layers each time, new complexities, new details about what happened and what is happening -- it's so beautifully constructed and leads the reader on so compellingly
➤ and the story it's telling.....one about love, and trust, and classism, and imperialism, and the threat of monstrous creatures inflitrating......about, at its heart, the relationship between these two men, their importance to each other, and the fractures at the heart of their relationship, and the wide-reaching consequences
➤ I love it so much, it's brilliantly and beautifully done and with such fascinating explorations of its themes!
➤ 10k words
