Fake House: Stories
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Book Overview
Fake House, the first collection of short stories by poet Linh Dinh, explores the weird, atrocious, fond, and ongoing intimacies between Vietnam and the United States.
Linked by a complicated past, the characters are driven by an intense and angry energy. The politics of race and sex anchor Dinh's work as his men and women negotiate their way in a post-Vietnam War world. Dinh has said of his own work, "I incorporate a filth or uncleanness to make...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1583220399
ISBN13:9781583220399
Release Date:September 2000
Publisher:Seven Stories Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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Brutal and Elegant
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
These terse, brutal, elegant, witty, anarchic, and ultimately quite moving stories, which take place on the east coast of the U.S. and in modern Vietnam, merit a wide audience. Highly recommended. Want more adjectives? Urban, hip, frightening, delightful.
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