Oriental Girls Desire Romance
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Catherine Liu's novel is a modern day Inferno that weaves a complex and dark vision of urban life."It's encouraging that Liu's... promising debut has been published. It's a small, hopeful sign that perhaps in the future, the literary landscape might be wide enough to accommodate the notion of an Asian woman who doesn't bow down to expectations."--Melissa de la Cruz, Feedmag.
From Library Journal
Told through scattered episodes, this meandering first novel by Liu (French, Univ. of Minnesota) is as directionless and open-ended as the life of its Chinese-born, twentysomething narrator, The narrator, who begins recording these life notes upon arriving in New York after a semester of teaching in China, describes her mismatched love relationships, painful childhood memories, teachers, jobs, and travels. She starts graduate school, frequents the seedier night spots, and works at a variety of temporary jobs, from legal secretary to topless go-go dancer. The abrupt ending leaves the book as a work in progress. Sharing her anxiety over her own seemingly meaningless existence and her observations of the equally empty lives of those around her, the narrator is at times funny and insightful and always understated, but the book is ultimately not satisfying reading. Recommended for academic libraries.?Rebecca A. Stuhr, Grinnell Coll. Libs., Iowa
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Catherine Liu's novel is a modern day Inferno that weaves a complex and dark vision of urban life."It's encouraging that Liu's... promising debut has been published. It's a small, hopeful sign that perhaps in the future, the literary landscape might be wide enough to accommodate the notion of an Asian woman who doesn't bow down to expectations."--Melissa de la Cruz, Feedmag.
From Library Journal
Told through scattered episodes, this meandering first novel by Liu (French, Univ. of Minnesota) is as directionless and open-ended as the life of its Chinese-born, twentysomething narrator, The narrator, who begins recording these life notes upon arriving in New York after a semester of teaching in China, describes her mismatched love relationships, painful childhood memories, teachers, jobs, and travels. She starts graduate school, frequents the seedier night spots, and works at a variety of temporary jobs, from legal secretary to topless go-go dancer. The abrupt ending leaves the book as a work in progress. Sharing her anxiety over her own seemingly meaningless existence and her observations of the equally empty lives of those around her, the narrator is at times funny and insightful and always understated, but the book is ultimately not satisfying reading. Recommended for academic libraries.?Rebecca A. Stuhr, Grinnell Coll. Libs., Iowa
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Catherine Liu's novel is a modern day Inferno that weaves a complex and dark vision of urban life."It's encouraging that Liu's... promising debut has been published. It's a small, hopeful sign that perhaps in the future, the literary landscape might be wide enough to accommodate the notion of an Asian woman who doesn't bow down to expectations."--Melissa de la Cruz, Feedmag.
From Library Journal
Told through scattered episodes, this meandering first novel by Liu (French, Univ. of Minnesota) is as directionless and open-ended as the life of its Chinese-born, twentysomething narrator, The narrator, who begins recording these life notes upon arriving in New York after a semester of teaching in China, describes her mismatched love relationships, painful childhood memories, teachers, jobs, and travels. She starts graduate school, frequents the seedier night spots, and works at a variety of temporary jobs, from legal secretary to topless go-go dancer. The abrupt ending leaves the book as a work in progress. Sharing her anxiety over her own seemingly meaningless existence and her observations of the equally empty lives of those around her, the narrator is at times funny and insightful and always understated, but the book is ultimately not satisfying reading. Recommended for academic libraries.?Rebecca A. Stuhr, Grinnell Coll. Libs., Iowa
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Catherine Liu's novel is a modern day Inferno that weaves a complex and dark vision of urban life."It's encouraging that Liu's... promising debut has been published. It's a small, hopeful sign that perhaps in the future, the literary landscape might be wide enough to accommodate the notion of an Asian woman who doesn't bow down to expectations."--Melissa de la Cruz, Feedmag.
From Library Journal
Told through scattered episodes, this meandering first novel by Liu (French, Univ. of Minnesota) is as directionless and open-ended as the life of its Chinese-born, twentysomething narrator, The narrator, who begins recording these life notes upon arriving in New York after a semester of teaching in China, describes her mismatched love relationships, painful childhood memories, teachers, jobs, and travels. She starts graduate school, frequents the seedier night spots, and works at a variety of temporary jobs, from legal secretary to topless go-go dancer. The abrupt ending leaves the book as a work in progress. Sharing her anxiety over her own seemingly meaningless existence and her observations of the equally empty lives of those around her, the narrator is at times funny and insightful and always understated, but the book is ultimately not satisfying reading. Recommended for academic libraries.?Rebecca A. Stuhr, Grinnell Coll. Libs., Iowa
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Format
Paperback
Pages
200
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