Ghost Town
Kevin Chen
Ene 2024 · Highbridge Audio · Isinalaysay ni Nicky Endres
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A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022 FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend. Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures. "Multidimensional characters, a beautifully realized setting, and an apposite surprise ending . . . This book is excellent." -Booklist (Starred Review)
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Kevin Chen began his artistic career as a cinema actor, starring in the Taiwanese and German films Ghosted, Kung Bao Huhn, and Global Player. Now based in Germany, he is a staff writer for Performing Arts Reviews magazine. His books include Attitude, Flowers from Fingernails, and Three Ways to Get Rid of Allergies.
Darryl Sterk has translated a dozen novels from Taiwan, including Lee Wei-Jing's The Mermaid's Tale, Sakinu Ahronglong's Hunter School, and Chih-ying Lay's Home Sickness, as well as Wu Ming-Yi's The Man With the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle, which was longlisted for the Booker International Prize.
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