That’s the case for Beatrice, whose self-image is wrapped up in the feedback of her friend Bonnie. You can go anywhere, unimpeded by the microaggressions of strangers, the obligatory, waterlogged civilities of friends and acquaintances.” But disembodiment can also be confusing for those whose identities are shaped by the views of others. It lifts the tiny anvil of self-consciousness. “No one looks at you, no one assesses you. “Do you know how easily the world yields to you when you move through it in an invisibility cocoon?” Ma writes. In one, “Los Angeles,” a woman lives with her 100 ex-boyfriends, including a man who abused her in another, “G,” a pill makes people invisible, allowing them to experience life without the constraints of a body. Ma’s new short story collection, “ Bliss Montage,” shares some of the themes she explored in her debut, including identity and the immigrant experience, but most of these stories are uncanny and haunting.
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