Context and Authorial Purpose (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Author of Cold Enough for Snow
Author of Cold Enough for Snow
Jessica Au
Year Cold Enough for Snow published
Year Cold Enough for Snow published
2022
Years Au spent developing the novella
Years Au spent developing the novella
Ten years
Award Cold Enough for Snow won
Award Cold Enough for Snow won
Inaugural Novel Prize
Au's cultural background
Au's cultural background
Chinese-Australian writer, editor, bookseller
Setting of the novella
Setting of the novella
Contemporary Japan, post-pandemic period
Au's term for her flowing, impressionistic writing style
Au's term for her flowing, impressionistic writing style
Perceptual drift
Main themes explored in novella
Main themes explored in novella
Family disconnection and migration effects
Mother's migration journey pattern
Mother's migration journey pattern
Rural China → Hong Kong factories → English-speaking country
Key quote about transience/impermanence
Key quote about transience/impermanence
Pass through it, like smoke through the branches