August Book Club - The Partition by Don Lee

320 West 29th Street,Baltimore MD 21211

31 August, 2022

Description

The Greedy Reads General Book Club meets in person at our Remington store. Please register here to let us know you'll join us! About THE PARTITION: A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents. Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition. The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels. Culminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, The Partition incisively examines heartbreak, identity, family, and relationships—the characters searching for answers to universal questions: Where do I belong? How can I find love? What defines an authentic self?