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Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years-good years-but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.
Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end.
Story Locale: Houston, Texas and Osaka, Japan
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years-good years-but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.
Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end.
Story Locale: Houston, Texas and Osaka, Japan
ASCENDANT LITERARY STAR: Lot launched Bryan in a big way and his profile has continued to rise. He's a National Book Award 5 Under 35 recipient; he won the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Ernest J. Gaines Award and was a finalist for the PEN Bingham Award, the NBCC John Leonard Prize, and the Aspen Literary Prize. Lot was named one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year.
INCREDIBLY APPEALING READ: This book is an utter delight. It's not a typical post-story collection debut literary door-stopper: it's a riot to read, tackling big issues but with humor and indelible characters and an electric energy. It's the novel that many people have told me broke their lockdown reading rut.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593087282 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593087283 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Washington, Bryan |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin LLC US
Riverhead Books |
| Abbildungen: | A FEW B&W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT |
| Maße: | 200 x 129 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Bryan Washington |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,296 kg |
ASCENDANT LITERARY STAR: Lot launched Bryan in a big way and his profile has continued to rise. He's a National Book Award 5 Under 35 recipient; he won the Young Lions Fiction Award, the Ernest J. Gaines Award and was a finalist for the PEN Bingham Award, the NBCC John Leonard Prize, and the Aspen Literary Prize. Lot was named one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year.
INCREDIBLY APPEALING READ: This book is an utter delight. It's not a typical post-story collection debut literary door-stopper: it's a riot to read, tackling big issues but with humor and indelible characters and an electric energy. It's the novel that many people have told me broke their lockdown reading rut.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593087282 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593087283 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Washington, Bryan |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin LLC US
Riverhead Books |
| Abbildungen: | A FEW B&W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT |
| Maße: | 200 x 129 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Bryan Washington |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,296 kg |
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