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📱 eBook en inglés THE FAMILY CHAO

'One of Barack Obama's Books of Summer 2022, a darkly comic literary mystery about an immigrant family buckling under small-town racism'

ONE - 9781911590644

Novela contemporánea Narrativa española

Sinopsis de THE FAMILY CHAO

A REMARKABLE FAMILY NOVEL ABOUT RACISM, COMMUNITY AND JUDGEMENT, FOR READERS OF CELESTE NG, C PAM ZHANG, BRIT BENNETT AND JEFFREY EUGENIDES
An insightful comedy of the American immigrant experience, and of a small towns inner workings JOHN IRVING
One of the finest and most ambitious novels about America Ive read YIYUN LI
A gorgeous and gripping literary mystery. . . reflecting themes of family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream. . . A masterpiece JEAN KWOK
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For years, the residents of Lake Haven, Wisconsin ignored the whispered troubles about the Chao family, if only to keep eating at the best restaurant in town. But when tyrannical patriarch Big Chao is found frozen to death in the familys meat freezer, scandalous events force the community to turn its attention to the three Chao sons.
Dagou - presupposed heir to the business.
Ming - accomplished city lawyer, determined to sever ties with Havens Asian community once and for all.
James - naive college student, who is only just learning of his familys past.
When the familys dog mysteriously disappears, and Dagou Dog Eater Chao is held on trial for his fathers murder, the Chaos turbulent history spills into the public eye, while a small town looks on in disbelief. . .
AN INVENTIVE COMIC MYSTERY ABOUT THE UNDERCURRENTS OF AN UNFORTUNATE DEATH AND A TIMELESS TALE ABOUT DISTRUST, JUDEGEMENT AND CONDEMNATION
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MORE PRAISE FOR THE FAMILY CHAOWith nuance and slyness, wit and empathy, Chang turns the desires and deceits of one unhappy family into a moving and compelling saga of that classic American illness: ambition VIET THANH NGUYEN
At once a brilliant reimagining of Dostoevsky and a wholly original and gripping story about the passions, rivalries and searing pressures that roil a singular immigrant family JESS WALTER
The Family Chao is the ultimate family saga. Love, mystery, courtroom drama and lots of sibling rivalry. . . at every turn theres something new and surprising. I absolutely loved it. Its a masterclass LUAN GOLDIE
A gripping story of three brothers, their tyrannical father and the family restaurant set in the American Midwest. . . Chang writes brilliantly about love, hate, food, dogs, race, sex, morality and money. . . marvellous and wonderfully entertaining MARGOT LIVESEY
An intricate look at the so-called American Dream and one small-town American family trying and failing to save itself. . . An up-to-the-minute look at what it means to be accused and visible in America ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN

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Editorial: One

ISBN: 9781911590644

Idioma: Inglés

Fecha de lanzamiento: 03/02/2022

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