«This sophisticated and empathetic study explores a suite of important Australian literary works from the Chinese diaspora. Using memory studies to trace connections and contiguities, Dr Chen maps an emotionally charged literary network that is compelled by the past to confront the future. The result is a richly revealing exploration of transnational literary identity and complex forms of belonging and attachment across time and place.» (Professor Nicole Moore, UNSW Canberra) «If memory is the broken mirror of history, diasporic memories are intricate mosaics of multitudinous pasts:...