Gold by the Inch: A Novel - Brossura

Chua, Lawrence

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0802136494 ISBN 13: 9780802136497

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 1999

Riassunto

When a young Asian man becomes involved with a male prostitute in New York, he learns that there is a fine line between both passion and exploitation and cultural and personal identity, in an intense novel that combines the turbulent history of Southeast Asia with present-day culture. Tour.

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Called "striking" by The New York Times Book Review, Gold by the Inch is the story of a young New Yorker of Asian descent who has returned to the country of his birth following a disastrous relationship and his father's death. In a Bangkok drunk on the nation's financial miracle -- and high on an assortment of other things -- the narrator meets Thong, a young, beautiful male hustler who works at a nightclub. As his romantic obsession with Thong grows, the narrator tries to convince himself that it transcends its commercial nature, but he is quickly forced into a hard look at the connections between desire and exploitation, personal and national identity. Lawrence Chua vividly combines Southeast Asia's troubled history with evocations of its modern face -- its polyglot culture, its colonial past, the cool futurism of its skyscrapers and its sex industry.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0802136494
• ISBN 13: 9780802136497
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile