{"product_id":"9781328745484","title":"The Fortunes","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDavies, Peter Ho\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003efor literature that confronts racism and examines diversity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end.\"—Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning.”—NPR, Best Books of 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with quiet resonances across time.”—\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortunes \u003c\/em\u003erecasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inhabiting four lives—a railroad baron’s valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption—this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive—as much through love as blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty.”—Joyce Carol Oates, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award citation\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A poignant, cascading four-part novel . . . Outstanding.”—David Mitchell, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I’ve read about the Chinese American experience.”—Celeste Ng\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960927457535,"sku":"9781328745484","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781328745484_s600x595.jpg?v=1780943182","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781328745484","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}