Finding Chopin

Rachel Tay
Paperback, 248 pages
9789815348064

 

Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

 

A mother and son confront the past through fragmented memories.

 

Nineteen-year-old Finn Chang’s final-year project demands a photographic exploration of memory. As he pieces together fragments of his past, his mother, Emerald, becomes his guide through a labyrinth of recollections—some vivid, others elusive. Their search awakens long-buried truths, drawing them into a tangled history of loss, love and unexpected revelations. What begins as an academic exercise soon becomes a journey neither of them can control.