The Partition, Don Lee
The Partition, Don Lee
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The Partition

Author: Don Lee

Narrator: Greg Chun, Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

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?

About Don Lee

Don Lee is the author of the novels The Collective, Wrack and Ruin, and Country of Origin, and the story collection Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, an O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Fred R. Brown Literary Award. His stories have appeared in the Kenyon Review, GQ, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere. He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University and splits his time between Philadelphia and Baltimore.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gareth

In the centenary year of Irish partition and Northern Ireland’s creation, I have wanted to read more about this particular chapter in my country’s history. Partition is something which is simultaneously passionately invoked in modern Irish political cultures, yet frequently misunderstood. Stepping b......more

Goodreads review by Rasmus

The Partition oli toimiva, joskin omaan lähtötasooni nähden hieman liian tekninen tietokirja Irlannin jaosta Pohjois-Irlantiin ja Irlannin tasavaltaan. Jos kirjassa olisi ollut enemmän taustoitusta tiettyihin asioihin se olisi ollut huomattavasti lähestyttävämpi. Mutta Townshend onnistuu kyllä kuvaa......more

Goodreads review by Cian

This book: my opinion divided......more