{"product_id":"the-partition-hardcover","title":"The Partition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Don Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting, with any character.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe TODAY Show\u003c\/em\u003e, recommended by author Weike Wang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The organizing conceit of all [Lee's] fiction has remained consistent: Asian Americans are not monoliths . . . Lee narrates from a collective perspective, his stories offering a kaleidoscopic vision of all the ways it feels to be yellow.\"--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection \u003cem\u003eYellow\u003c\/em\u003e, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, \u003cem\u003eThe Partition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Partition\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, \u003cem\u003eThe Partition\u003c\/em\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Lee is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eYellow\u003c\/em\u003e and the novels \u003cem\u003eCountry of Origin, Wrack and Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Collective, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLonesome Lies Before Us\u003c\/em\u003e. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, the writer Jane Delury, and teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.11 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252234371321,"sku":"9781636140315","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/49a4mGYUyQ9781636140315.webp?v=1768684757","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-partition-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}