Drawing on the author's own cross-cultural inheritance, these stories range across a series of settings and backgrounds. From a Chinese son gambling with professional moumers to a mixed-race couple who experience a close encounter with an alien being, Ho Davies' characters share an instantly recognizable sense of displacement - these are children of one century, adults of the next - caught between debts to their parents and what they owe their offspring. Sharply observed and compassionate, Equal Love demonstrates the talent of a truly original writer, whose work has already earned comparison with that of Raymond Carver, James Joyce and V. S. Naipaul.
ISBN: | 9781862074026 |
Publication date: | 30th January 2001 |
Author: | Peter Ho Davies |
Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 180 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Shorter Reads |