LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024Shanghai, 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... 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.
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- Authors:
- Lescure, Aube Rey
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780715655627
- Publication Date:
- 02/05/2024
- Publisher:
- Duckworth Books
- SKU:
- 9780715655627