A Long Stay in a Distant Land

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Humorous
Cover of the book A Long Stay in a Distant Land by Chieh Chieng, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Chieh Chieng ISBN: 9781596917408
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: December 1, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Language: English
Author: Chieh Chieng
ISBN: 9781596917408
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: December 1, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English

The Lums are cursed. Their early deaths come randomly, strangely, and often, be it by tainted cheeseburger or speeding ice cream truck. The most recent victim is Louis Lum's mother. Now Louis must move back home with his gangsta rap-obsessed father, Sonny, to prevent him from enacting the revenge he promises. But soon Louis's concern shifts to his uncle Bo Lum, who has disappeared in Hong Kong. As Louis's search progresses, the tragicomic story of three generations of Lums in America is revealed.
Chieh Chieng graduated from the creative writing program at the University of California, Irvine, and has been published in Glimmer Train, the Threepenny Review, and the Santa Monica Review.
* Chosen for Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers Program *
"This is a dazzling debut: poignant, prickly, and deliciously absurd."-Booklist
"[Chieng is] a fresh comic voice...a touching and auspicious debut."-Orange Country Register

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The Lums are cursed. Their early deaths come randomly, strangely, and often, be it by tainted cheeseburger or speeding ice cream truck. The most recent victim is Louis Lum's mother. Now Louis must move back home with his gangsta rap-obsessed father, Sonny, to prevent him from enacting the revenge he promises. But soon Louis's concern shifts to his uncle Bo Lum, who has disappeared in Hong Kong. As Louis's search progresses, the tragicomic story of three generations of Lums in America is revealed.
Chieh Chieng graduated from the creative writing program at the University of California, Irvine, and has been published in Glimmer Train, the Threepenny Review, and the Santa Monica Review.
* Chosen for Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers Program *
"This is a dazzling debut: poignant, prickly, and deliciously absurd."-Booklist
"[Chieng is] a fresh comic voice...a touching and auspicious debut."-Orange Country Register

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