A review by jillcaesar
The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies

4.0

A beautifully-written rumination on Asian-American identity. I liked the first and second stories best ('Gold' is the best-written, while 'Silver' just appealed to me personally). My least favourite was the last story ('Pearl') - I felt ambivalent about the main character and somewhat negatively about his wife. But that's the beauty of this novel, I think - the characters in this book are flawed, realistic human beings. Definitely a book to read if you want to read more about Asian (specifically Chinese) American perspectives.