{"product_id":"the-fortunes-9781328745484","title":"The Fortunes","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003efor literature that confronts racism and examines diversity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end.\"--Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning.\"--NPR, Best Books of 2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with quiet resonances across time.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortunes \u003c\/em\u003erecasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inhabiting four lives--a railroad baron's valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood's first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption--this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive--as much through love as blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty.\"--Joyce Carol Oates, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award citation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A poignant, cascading four-part novel . . . Outstanding.\"--David Mitchell, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I've read about the Chinese American experience.\"--Celeste Ng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePETER HO DAVIES is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Welsh Girl \u003c\/i\u003e(long-listed for the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Ugliest House in the World, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEqual Love.\u003c\/i\u003e Davies was chosen by \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. He teaches at the University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334121099538,"sku":"9781328745484","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dc44606-4b04-44df-836f-94ea0777b449.jpg?v=1727883974","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fortunes-9781328745484","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}