ISBN: 9781616208042
Editorial: Algonquin
Autor: Ko, Lisa
Año de edición: 2018
Edición: 1
N° Paginas: 368
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Críticas "Here is imperative reading: a vivid fictional exploration of what it means to belong and what it feels like when you don't . . . Ko gives us an unsparing portrait of the resilience and grit it takes to risk everything to break free of tradition and start over in a foreign land." --O, The Oprah Magazine (Favorite Books of 2017) "[A] dazzling debut . . . Filled with exquisite, heartrending details, Ko's exploration of the often-brutal immigrant experience in America is a moving tale of family and belonging." --People (Book of the Week) "When Deming Guo was 11, his Chinese immigrant mother, Polly, left for work at a nail salon and never returned. In alternating perspectives, this heart-wrenching literary debut tells both of their stories. Grade: A." --Entertainment Weekly "Ambitious . . . Lisa Ko has taken the headlines and has reminded us that beyond them lie messy, brave, extraordinary, ordinary lives." --The New York Times Book Review "This wrenching and all-too-topical debut novel picks up the life of an 11-year-old American-born boy on the day his mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, disappears . . . Ko uses the voices of both the boy and his birth mother to tell a story that unfolds in graceful, realistic fashion and defies expectations." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Lisa Ko's The Leavers is the year's powerful debut you won't want to miss. The Leavers expertly weaves a tale of the conflicts between love and loyalty, personal identity and familial obligation, and the growing divide between freedom and social justice. An affecting novel that details the the gut-wrenching realities facing illegal immigrants and their families in modern America, Lisa Ko's debut is the 2017 fiction release you can't afford to miss." --Bustle.com "An exceptionally well written, fully realized work of art portraying the circumstances and inner worlds -- the motives and emotional weather -- of its two central characters. Ko is so psychologically penetrating, so acute in her passing observations and deft in the quick views she affords of her characters' inner lives and surroundings, that her skill and empathy give real joy." --Barnes Noble Review "The Leavers describes the devastation caused by forced, abrupt and secret detentions that occur daily under our current Immigration Act. The novel weaves from past to present, from immediate abandonment to chronic loss, showing how the unfathomable disappearance of a mother eats into her son's effort to "move forward." . . . The story soars when Ko writes of immigration detention-- a civil detention for violation of a civil law that is as callous and brutal as the worst sort of criminal incarceration . . . [The Leavers] lets us feel the knife twist of sweeping government authority wielded without conscience or control. [Ko's] work gives poignant voice to the fact the U.S. can, and must, write a better immigration system." --Ms. Magazine "Consider this book a must-read: They may be fictional, but these characters have a lot to teach us about the difficulties of belonging and the plight of illegal immigrants." --Marie Claire "Poignant and timely, this novel is ripe for discussion." --Real Simple "One of 2017's most anticipated fiction debuts... The winner of last year's PEN/Bellwether Prize, which recognizes fiction that explores issues of social justice, The Leavers feels as relevant as ever as the future of immigrants in America hangs in the balance." --Time.com "Ko's debut is a sweeping examination of family through the eyes of a single mother, a Chinese immigrant, and her U.S.-born son, whose separation haunts and defines their lives. Ko's stunning tale of love and loyalty - to family, to country--is a fresh and moving look at the immigrant experience in America, and is as timely as ever." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Touching upon themes such as identity, determination, addiction, and loyalty, the author clearly shows readers that she is an emerging writer to
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Ko, Lisa
- Editorial: Algonquin
- N° Paginas: 368
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
