We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

Afterparties: Stories
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(2)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(1)
Author:
So, Anthony Veasna
Published:
HarperCollins 2021
Status:
Checked Out
Description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK

WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION

Named a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper's Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic

A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities

Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.

A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle's snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a "safe space" app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.

The stories in Afterparties, "powered by So's skill with the telling detail, are like beams of wry, affectionate light, falling from different directions on a complicated, struggling, beloved American community" (George Saunders).

Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Sample 
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
Sample 
OverDrive Read
Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Arcade
FICTION So, A.
Carmichael
FICTION So, A.
Colonial Heights
FICTION So, A.
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
CD Audiobook
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Central
CD FICTION So, A.
Courtland
CD FICTION So, A.
Place Hold
Hoopla eAudiobook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online Hoopla Collection
Check Out Hoopla
Hoopla eBook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online Hoopla Collection
Check Out Hoopla
OverDrive eAudiobook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online OverDrive Collection has 6
  Quick Copy View
Check Out OverDrive
OverDrive eBook
      Show Edition
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold OverDrive
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Fiction
Literature
Short Stories
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
08/03/2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780063049918
ASIN:
B08NNZ6CR1
Librarian Reviews
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Anthony Veasna So. (2021). Afterparties: Stories. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Anthony Veasna So. 2021. Afterparties: Stories. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties: Stories. HarperCollins, 2021.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Anthony Veasna So. Afterparties: Stories. HarperCollins, 2021.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection10

There are 2 holds on this title.

Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
cda81432-ed3c-93bb-df8e-94149f6f5f5d
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Aug 02, 2021 10:07:54
Date Updated:
Oct 31, 2022 21:46:30
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 24, 2024 04:59:54
Last Metadata Change:
Mar 04, 2024 17:59:04
Last Availability Check:
Apr 24, 2024 04:59:57
Last Availability Change:
Apr 24, 2024 04:59:57
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 24, 2024 04:57:50

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B08NNZ6CR1
            • type: KoboBookID
            • value: 9cd4e711-729f-3ac0-a2af-3c18c2388b16
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B08NNZ6CR1
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
            • type: KoboBookID
            • value: 9cd4e711-729f-3ac0-a2af-3c18c2388b16
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Anthony Veasna So
title
Afterparties
dateAdded
2021-12-01T18:38:49.68Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=569&titleID=5905963
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: NorthNet Library System (CA)
          • id: 2323
sortTitle
Afterparties Stories
crossRefId
5905963
subtitle
Stories
id
F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586
starRating
3.7

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: Afterparties_9780063049918_5905963
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 1195532
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 1
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 8/3/2021
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: Afterparties_9780063049918_5905963
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B08NNZ6CR1
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 8/3/2021
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: Afterparties_9780063049918_5905963
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780063049918
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 8/3/2021
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: So, Anthony Veasna
      • bioText:

        Anthony Veasna So (1992-2020) was a graduate of Stanford University and earned his MFA in fiction at Syracuse University. His New York Times-bestselling story collection After­parties was long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and won both the Ferro Grumley Award for LGBTQ fiction and the NBCC John Leonard Prize for best first book. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, n+1, Granta, and ZYZZYVA. A native of Stockton, California, he taught at Colgate University, Syracuse University, and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, California.

      • name: Anthony Veasna So
imprint
Ecco
publishDate
2021-08-03T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Afterparties
fullDescription

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK

WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION

Named a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper's Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic

A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities

Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California, they shoulder the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide and grapple with the complexities of race, sexuality, friendship, and family.

A high school badminton coach and failing grocery store owner tries to relive his glory days by beating a rising star teenage player. Two drunken brothers attend a wedding afterparty and hatch a plan to expose their shady uncle's snubbing of the bride and groom. A queer love affair sparks between an older tech entrepreneur trying to launch a "safe space" app and a disillusioned young teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick. And in the sweeping final story, a nine-year-old child learns that his mother survived a racist school shooter.

The stories in Afterparties, "powered by So's skill with the telling detail, are like beams of wry, affectionate light, falling from different directions on a complicated, struggling, beloved American community" (George Saunders).

popularity
1675
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1B3gEAAA2d/products/f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
f8ac3030-099f-4a4e-898a-33260af47586
starRating
3.7
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/{F8AC3030-099F-4A4E-898A-33260AF47586}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Literature
      • value: Short Stories
publishDateText
08/03/2021
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780063049895
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK

WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION

Named a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper's Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic

A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities

Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As the children of refugees carve out radical new paths for themselves in California,...

sortTitle
Afterparties Stories
crossRefId
5905963
awards
      • source: The National Book Critics Circle
      • value: National Book Critics Circle Award
      • source: The National Book Critics Circle
      • value: National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
      • source: Notable Books Council
      • value: Notable Books for Adults
subtitle
Stories
publisher
HarperCollins
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC029000
      • description: Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
      • code: FIC054000
      • description: FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander
      • code: FIC082000
      • description: Fiction / Own Voices