The Leavers - Couverture souple

Ko, Lisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349700524 ISBN 13 : 9780349700526

Editeur : Dialogue Books, 2018

Synopsis

Ko's novel is a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, which was a 2017 National Book Award for Fiction finalist, won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award. The Leavers was a national best seller and was named a 'best book of the year' by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Los Angeles Times, and others. Ko's short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times, The Believer, and elsewhere.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction

One morning, Deming Guo's mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon - and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson. But far from all he's ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents' desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind.

Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It's a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dialogue Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349700524
• ISBN 13: 9780349700526
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
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• Personne responsable: non disponible