{"product_id":"fake-house-isbn-9781583220399","title":"Fake House","description":"Fake House, the first collection of short stories by poet Linh Dinh, explores the weird, atrocious, fond, and ongoing intimacies between Vietnam and the United States. \u003cbr\u003eLinked by a complicated past, the characters are driven by an intense and angry energy. The politics of race and sex anchor Dinh's work as his men and women negotiate their way in a post-Vietnam War world. Dinh has said of his own work, \"I incorporate a filth or uncleanness to make the picture more healthy--not to defile anything.\" \u003cbr\u003eWhile Fake House delves into the lives of marginal souls in two cultures, the characters' dignity lies, ultimately, in how they face the conflict in themselves and the world.“Linh Dinh's is a unique voice in contemporary American literature. He writes with the raging wit and the soul of a poet. Infused with beautiful black humor, \u003ci\u003eFake House\u003c\/i\u003e marks an auspicious debut for this exciting young writer.” \u003cb\u003e–Jessica Hagedorn, author of\u003ci\u003e Dogeaters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Gangster of Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Twenty-one nervy stories portraying Asian and American culture, separately and in conflict, by a poet . . . known for his editorship of an important anthology of Vietnamese Fiction (\u003ci\u003eNight, Again\u003c\/i\u003e, 1996). . . . Vividly imagined characters . . . an interesting collection.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Bloody and bilious, scabrous and scatological, elliptical and oddly redemptive, Linh Dinh's \u003ci\u003eFake House\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw and disturbing work from a powerful young writer.” \u003cb\u003e–David Lida, author of \u003ci\u003eTravel Advisory: Stories of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA recipient of a Pew Foundation grant, a David T. Wong Fellowship, a Lannan Residency and, most recently, the Asian American Literary Award, \u003cb\u003eLINH DINH\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Saigon in 1963 and emigrated to the United States in 1975. An acclaimed and provocative writer of short stories and contemporary fables, he is also the author of several books of poems and a novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Like Hate\u003c\/i\u003e. Linh has edited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eNight, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThree Vietnamese Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. His collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Soap\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen by the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the Best Books of 2004. Linh's nonfiction essays have been published regularly at\u003ci\u003e Unz Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLewRockwell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntrepid Report\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCounterCurrents\u003c\/i\u003e, and his blog, Postcards from the End of America (linhdinhphotos.blogspot.com), is followed by thousands of readers. He has also published widely in Vietnamese.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302274683109,"sku":"NP9781583220399","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583220399.jpg?v=1767726669","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/fake-house-isbn-9781583220399","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}