{"product_id":"the-fortunes-9781328745484","title":"The Fortunes","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003efor literature that confronts racism and examines diversity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end.\"--Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning.\"--NPR, Best Books of 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with quiet resonances across time.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes \u003c\/i\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\u003cb\u003e\"A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty.\"--Joyce Carol Oates, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award citation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A poignant, cascading four-part novel . . . Outstanding.\"--David Mitchell, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I've read about the Chinese American experience.\"--Celeste Ng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328745484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Ho Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649004499100,"sku":"9781328745484","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14486582-387b-41ec-9e1f-9fba8ef5fa13.jpg?v=1603871707","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fortunes-9781328745484","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}