Waylaid

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Waylaid by ED LIN, Kaya Press
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Author: ED LIN ISBN: 9781885030931
Publisher: Kaya Press Publication: August 7, 2012
Imprint: Kaya Press Language: English
Author: ED LIN
ISBN: 9781885030931
Publisher: Kaya Press
Publication: August 7, 2012
Imprint: Kaya Press
Language: English

Waylaid is the story of a Chinese American boy who struggles to grow up in the grip of an overcharged sexual environment. With a daily routine that involves renting out rooms to johns and hookers at his parents' sleazy hotel, the narrator loses his grip on concepts of friendship, family and childhood. As he pursues his all-consuming quest to lose his virginity, issues of race, class and sex cripple his sense of self-worth. It is a story told with a Gen-X-style bleak humor that doesn't pander to conventional notions of immigrant narrative. Waylaid doesn't cut a wide swath through Asian American literature. It is a switchblade in the gut to stories of over-achievement and success in America that ignore the human cost.
This is the eBook edition of Waylaid, originally published in print form in May 2002.

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Waylaid is the story of a Chinese American boy who struggles to grow up in the grip of an overcharged sexual environment. With a daily routine that involves renting out rooms to johns and hookers at his parents' sleazy hotel, the narrator loses his grip on concepts of friendship, family and childhood. As he pursues his all-consuming quest to lose his virginity, issues of race, class and sex cripple his sense of self-worth. It is a story told with a Gen-X-style bleak humor that doesn't pander to conventional notions of immigrant narrative. Waylaid doesn't cut a wide swath through Asian American literature. It is a switchblade in the gut to stories of over-achievement and success in America that ignore the human cost.
This is the eBook edition of Waylaid, originally published in print form in May 2002.

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