Yellow : stories

Author

Don Lee

Call Number

• FICTION LEE (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Norton, 2002, ©2001.

Physical Description

255 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

As the Los Angeles Times noted in its profile of the author, "few writers have mined the [genre of ethnic literature] as shrewdly or transcended its limits quite so stunningly as Don Lee." Harking "back to the timeless concerns of Chekhov: fate, chance, the mystery of the human heart" (Stuart Dybek), these interconnected stories "are utterly contemporary,...but grounded in the depth of beautiful prose and intriguing storylines" (Asian Week). They paint a novelistic portrait of the fictional town of Rosarita Bay, California, and a diverse cast of complex and moving characters. "Nothing short of wonderful...surprising and wild with life" (Robert Boswell), Yellow "proves that wondering about whether you're a real American is as American as a big bowl of kimchi" (New York Times Book Review).

Notes

Includes "Reading group guide."

Contents

• The price of eggs in China
• Voir dire
• Widowers
• The lone night cantina
• Casual water
• The possible husband
• Domo arigato
• Yellow.