The Partition: Stories
Multi-cultural fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Short stories
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents.“Don Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting, with any… character.” —The TODAY Show, recommended by author Weike Wang“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 ReviewTwenty-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?