Wang, VanessaBlossoming is a collection of four short stories and a novel-in-progress that explores the mysteries of relationships amidst a world of ever-thinning international borders. In Blossoming, four friends in Taiwan drink tea while comparing how their lives have turned out; in The Moon Is Fuller in A Foreign Country, oceans are crossed and familial ties are tested; in Animal Spirits, Sun tries to protect her younger sister growing up in an environment that views her as foreign; in Flea Market, Wenwen seeks a way to mourn the father she had never met; and in Duende, two men and two women interpret the meanings of life through flamenco, ballet, and lust.enThesisFine artsAsian literature