From the restaurants of New York’s Chinatown to the retail
emporium of Bergdorf Goodman, and from remote Chinese military outposts to the
streets of Beijing, these stories open a window into the rapid transformations of
an ancient culture. As the characters
struggle to find their way, a young girl discovers love amidst a sea of angry
Red Guards, émigrés navigate New York’s relentless rat race, and an old man
returns to a Beijing he doesn’t recognize on a mission to restore his
son-in-law’s flagging honor. In the
heatrending finale, the origins of humanity and its reckless dash toward an
apocalyptic future are distilled into a love store with far-reaching
implications.
1/5 stars (did not like)
Too many characters and the transition between characters
was not well done. I ended up not
really caring about what happened to each character. Also the only thing they all had in common was that they either
currently lived in China or came to the U.S. from China. I would rather have had a story about one
family rather than all these that were not related to eachother.
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