{"product_id":"edinburgh-paperback","title":"Edinburgh - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Chee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eHow To Write an Autobiographical Novel, \u003c\/em\u003eAlexander Chee's award-winning debut is \"One of the great queer novels . . . of our time.\"--Brandon Taylor, \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTwelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean-American boy growing up in Maine whose powerful soprano voice wins him a place as section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when, on a retreat, Fee discovers how the director treats the boys he makes section leader, he is so ashamed, he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, Fee's best friend, is in line to be next. The director is eventually arrested, and Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYears later, after he has carefully pieced a new life together, Fee takes a job at a private school near his hometown. There he meets a young student, Arden, who, to his shock, is the picture of Peter--and the son of his old choir director. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold with \"the force of a dream and the heft of a life\" (Annie Dillard), this is a haunting, lyrically written debut novel that marked Chee \"as a major talent whose career will bear watching\" (\u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the James Michener\/Copernicus Society Fellowship Prize\u003cbr\u003e Lambda Literary Foundation Editor s Choice Award\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Arresting . . . profound and poetic . . . Chee s voice is worth listening to. \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist I ve read in some time. \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e is moody, dramatic and pure. Edmund White\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. In the years that follow he slowly builds a new life, teaching near his hometown. There he meets a young student who is the picture of Peter and is forced to confront the past he believed was gone. Told with the force of a dream and the heft of a life, * \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e marked Chee as a major talent whose career will bear watching (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A coming-of-age tale in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death . . . A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming. \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alexander Chee is the author of two novels and the recipient of a Whiting Award and the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in fiction. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Tin House, Slate, \u003c\/i\u003eand on NPR, among others, and he is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALEXANDER CHEE is the author of \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award and an NEA fellowship in fiction. His writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003eand on NPR, among others, and he is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453242851506,"sku":"9780544916128","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d5b2d30ab7e8716180a7ec137f3ce886.webp?v=1778824856","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/edinburgh-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}