River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rey Lescure avoids the trap of predictability as she connects the dots between Lu Fang’s past as a lowly worker and his present as a rich Shanghai landlord married to an American woman. Her writing reflects a gift for vivid setting and distinctive characters, both of which bring to life the heady, wildly optimistic era of mid-2000s China.
Rey Lescure takes both real and constructed binaries... and cleverly closes the gap between them, showing how belonging – within a family, country, history – can be messier and knottier. She writes about migration and expatriation, alienation and ambition, family and multiracial identity, h/History and destiny with attentiveness and assertiveness.
Rey Lescure’s brilliant debut alternates between the lives of Lu Fang and Alva, placing their desires and evolving story lines in a vibrant social context.
[A] captivating and sharp debut.
[A] complex and moving exploration of race, class, gender, and family.