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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024 Shanghai, 2007: feeling betrayed by her American mothers engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School a potential ticket out is not what she imagined. Qingdao, 1985: newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets a woman who makes him question what he should settle for... A mesmerising reversal of the eastwest immigrant narrative set against Chinas economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalisms false promise and private dreams.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9780715655627
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 352
- Utgivningsdatum: 2024-05-02
- Förlag: Duckworth