{"product_id":"love-like-hate-isbn-9781583229095","title":"Love Like Hate","description":"Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer\u003cbr\u003eIn Love Like Hate, Linh Dinh weaves a dysfunctional family saga that doubles as a portrait of Vietnam in the last half century. Protagonists Kim Lan and Hoang Long marry in Saigon during the Vietnam War, uniting in a setting that allows Dinh's dark, deadpan humor to flourish. Describing his mushrooming cast of characters in unsentimental and sometimes absurd ways, Dinh embraces contradictions with the surreal exuberance of Matthew Sharpe and the stylistic élan of Italo Calvino.“At once caustic and humorous, harshly critical and nostalgic, Dinh's overview of his homeland is unfailingly honest.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dinh's abrupt epiphanies mix A.D.D. with Thoreau's economy, Calvino's globe-trotting, and a pungent eroticism reminiscent of Kawabata's \u003ci\u003ePalm-of-the-Hand Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. \u003ci\u003eLove Like Hate\u003c\/i\u003e is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear.” \u003cb\u003e—Ed Park, author of \u003ci\u003ePersonal Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dinh reveals a refreshing sense of utter irreverence and experimental fun. A definite must-read.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAsianWeek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Dinh's abrupt epiphanies mix A.D.D. with Thoreau's economy, Calvino's globe-trotting, and a pungent eroticism reminiscent of Kawabata's \u003ci\u003ePalm-of-the-Hand Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\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":46301835034853,"sku":"NP9781583229095","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583229095.jpg?v=1767731892","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/love-like-hate-isbn-9781583229095","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}