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Ghost Town - Couverture rigide

Chen, Kevin

 
9781609457983: Ghost Town
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ISBN 10 : 1609457986 ISBN 13 : 9781609457983
Editeur : Europa Editions, 2022

Synopsis

A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022


FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR & WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD


Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man.


The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend.


Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures.


★ "Multidimensional characters, a beautifully realized setting, and an apposite surprise ending... This book is excellent."--Booklist (Starred Review)



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À propos des auteurs

Kevin Chen began his artistic career as a cinema actor, starring in the Taiwanese and German films Ghosted, Kung Bao Huhn, and Global Player. Now based in Germany, he is a staff writer for Performing Arts Reviews magazine. He's published several novels, essays and short story collections, including Attitude, Flowers from Fingernails, Three Ways to Get Rid of Allergies and other titles.



Darryl Sterk has translated a dozen novels from Taiwan, including Lee Wei-Jing's The Mermaid's Tale, Sakinu Ahronglong's Hunter School, Chih-ying Lay's Home Sickness, Horace Ho's The Tree Fort on Carnation Lane, as well as Wu Ming-Yi's The Man With the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, which was longlisted for the Booker International Prize. He lives between Taipei and Hong Kong.

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Éditeur
Europa Editions
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1609457986
ISBN 13 
9781609457983
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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