In their respective fiction debuts this year, authors Weike Wang and Jenny Zhang present complex portraits of young Asian American women coming of age, exploring the subject from differing perspectives and with singular literary voices.Wang, in her deadpan novel "Chemistry" released in May, mines the pathos of a scientist-in-training who struggles to match the ambitions of her Chinese immigrant parents, while Zhang's collection of linked short stories "Sour Heart," published in August, depicts a variety of school-aged girls navigating life with their Chinese families in a gritty, pre-2000s …READ FULL ARTICLE
