Don Lee (1) (1959–)
Autor(a) de Country of Origin
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About the Author
Don Lee lives in Boston, where he is the editor of the literary journal Ploughshares.
Obras de Don Lee
The Price of Eggs In China 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction (2004) — Contribuinte — 89 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1959
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Los Angeles, California, USA
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA - Educação
- University of California, Los Angeles (BA ∙ English Literature)
Emerson College (MFA ∙ Creative Writing)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Edgar Award (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 539
- Popularidade
- #46,220
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 49
- ISBNs
- 27
- Idiomas
- 2
While there is a running theme of living life as an Asian (Korean, specifically) in the Western world, it wasn't the strongest theme in the book for me. There's a lot of stories of the entertainment industry. Actors, directors, translators, chefs, and so on and so forth. There are a lot of questions about how we see ourselves and how other people see us, how we present ourselves and whether or not the creative risks we take work out or not. And there's a lot of life getting in the way of the best laid plans. I've always had a contentious relationship with Asian-Western lit. That is, I've enjoyed very little of it because it so often seems to focus on how being Asian in the west sucks, and how Asian families also suck, and I never could relate. I can't say I relate much to the people in this book either, but even though things are constantly going sideways in these stories, the tone remains one of optimism, of coming back from bad moments and finding meaning in a modern world that presents us with what can feel like impossible choices.… (mais)