2009 Journey Prize Winner
Yasuko Thanh
“Floating Like the Dead”
Published in
Vancouver Review
Citation
Using artfully simple language, Yasuko Thanh has crafted a story of powerfully resonant emotion with tremendous restraint – a gift that respects both her characters and her readers.
About the Author
Yasuko Thanh has lived in Germany, Mexico, and Central America, and currently resides in Victoria. Her stories have been published in Prairie Fire, Descant, and PRISM international. She was a finalist for the Hudson Prize, the Future Generations Millennium Prize, and the David Adams Richards Award. She is at work on a novel and a short story collection called When You Get Where You’re Going.
About the Story
At the turn of the twentieth century, a dwindling group of Chinese-Canadian lepers spend their final days fighting for survival and dreaming of escape after they are exiled to a remote island.