LOVER'S POINT

by C. Y. Lee ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A second novel in which Mr. Lee writes with Irony and sympathy of California's Chinese, Lover's Point contains more of the darker shadings of life than last year's The Flower Drum Song (to be Rodgers & Hammerstein's next musical- by the way) and still manages to be a lovely and charming story. Chiang, an instructor at the Army Language School in Monterey, falls in love with a Japanese prostitute and after various experiences, which take him for a year to San Francisco's Chinatown and back again, they both have learned something of loneliness, love, and giving. This story moves against a background crammed with vividly realized people, places, events, traditions, manners that add depth and perspective to it. Mr. Lee's private view of things- wryly funny and compassionate- is what gives the whole unity and a very special flavor. Highly recommended.

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1958

Categories: FICTION