{"product_id":"pangs-of-love-and-other-david-wong-louie-9780295745398","title":"Pangs of Love and Other Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn apprentice sushi chef and a mysterious blue-eyed woman share a bottle of wine inside a climate-controlled otter tank. The Great Wall of China grumbles as workers forego construction to watch an imperial game of baseball. A young woman tries to imagine a future unsullied by her family's history of untimely death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst issued in 1991, \u003ci\u003ePangs of Love\u003c\/i\u003e introduced David Wong Louie's bold storytelling. The son of Chinese immigrants, he centered his stories around characters who are in conflict with their place in the world, disconnected from both American society and their own families. The depth of his portrayals renders their experiences of love, envy, loneliness, loss, and duty universal--informed by their heritage yet not confined by it. These twelve short stories and one essay swerve from the absurd to longing for love, understanding, or simply a morsel of food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePangs of Love and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e makes Louie's debut book available again, along with an additional short story and an extraordinary autobiographical essay, \"Eat, Memory,\" in which he reflects on life without food after throat cancer took away his ability to swallow. Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen contributes a foreword elucidating Louie's role in shaping contemporary Asian American literature, while an afterword by literary scholar King-Kok Cheung retraces the three phases of Louie's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Wong Louie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295745398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295745398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"David Wong Louie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110627561727,"sku":"9780295745398","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce794b47-7e33-4d68-b453-58436a85ba1a.jpg?v=1725469316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pangs-of-love-and-other-david-wong-louie-9780295745398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}