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The Partition Kindle Edition

by Don Lee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 Review


Twenty-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?


 

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"Whatever you’re hiding from may find you in a Don Lee story. But this isn’t a warning. The Partition is, again and again, about Asian Americans in ways we don’t always admit we need, a collection about how we alternately cheat and show up for each other and ourselves. And the whole time, there’s a canny, shrewd love, guiding us the way through."
― Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

"The Partition is a collection of tales of the universal dilemmas in being human. We are prisoners of our own subjective experience and that leads to having blind spots we didn’t even know we had. The Partition may help us get out of our defensive crouch and enjoy the ride."
― New York Journal of Books

"Nine stories feature complicated Asian American characters living insightfully depicted lives in the worlds of moviemaking, restaurants, and bedrooms."
― Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"Gorgeous, psychological portraits of men and women caught in the throes of middle age. This smart collection about love and belonging will leave readers wanting more."
― Publishers Weekly

"The Partition is flat-out brilliant: a witty, kaleidoscopic tear through questions of race and identity in America today by a writer who has wrought luminous fiction from these issues for years. Don Lee’s collection offers vivid, entertaining proof that ethnicity is never straightforward or easy―no matter who we are, or where we stand."
― Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad

About the Author

Don Lee is the author of the novels The Collective, Wrack and Ruin, and Country of Origin, and the story collection Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, an O. Henry Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Fred R. Brown Literary Award. His stories have appeared in the Kenyon Review, GQ, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere. He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University and splits his time between Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Cindy Kay is an audiobook narrator who enjoys knitting, adding to her massive list of restaurants to try, suffering with friends in group exercise classes and telling stories to people she's never met. She was raised in the California Bay Area.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09N9SH3CL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Akashic Books, Ltd. (May 10, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2397 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
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Don Lee's latest book is the story collection The Partition. He is also the author of the collection Yellow and the novels Country of Origin, Wrack and Ruin, The Collective, and Lonesome Lies Before Us. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. He lives in Baltimore County with his wife, the writer Jane Delury, and teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.

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Diana Y. Paul, author of Things Unsaid
5.0 out of 5 stars "The Partition"--Continual Divisiveness
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2022
All stories in "The Partition" deal with subtle, submerged, and scathing stereotypes imputed upon the characters because of white bigotry: the sexualization and fetishization of women for their "exotic" beauty, the psychological castration and emasculation of men, the academic but "nerdy" student. The stereotypes whisper of limitations and impossible obstacles that are internalized and destructive. Unforgettable! For my entire review, see the May 18th review at New York Journal of Books.
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Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply humane examination of purpose and identity
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2022
This beautifully written collection explores identity with a sharp eye, a sense of humor, and an empathy for the characters who are trying to figure out how to live meaningful lives. A wonderful book by an author who should be counted among the best working today.
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