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River East, River West
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024
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River East, River West was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024. A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity, and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private...
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A darkly glittering literary debut that traces a mixed family's troubled trajectory through developing China.
A darkly glittering literary debut that traces a mixed family’s troubled trajectory through developing China
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Description
River East, River West was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024.
A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity, and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private dreams.
Shanghai, 2007: Feeling betrayed by her American mother’s engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School—a potential ticket out—is not what she imagined.
Qingdao, 1985: Newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets a woman who makes him question what he should settle for...
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780715655627
Publisher: Duckworth Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 May 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Duckworth
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Aube Rey Lescure is a French-Chinese-American writer who grew up between Provence, France, northern China and Shanghai. She worked in foreign policy before turning to writing full time. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, Best American Essays, and Litro among other publications. River East, River West is her debut novel which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024.
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