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A review by misslezlee
The Unpassing by Chia-Chia Lin
3.0
I swear my computer is tracking me, suggesting books to read, infiltrating my library account, my Amazon account, and everywhere I go. Last year, all I ended up reading were dystopian novels. Now, it seems that the theme is immigrants. I do not remember putting a hold on this novel, but it popped up and had to be dealt with *urgently* or else...
It’s like an Alaskan Suggie Bain, except not quite so bleak. A Korean family living in a rundown house on the edge of town suffers a series of disasters that tear them apart. Set in the mid 1980s with references to the Challenger disaster, the story is narrated by one of the sons. The whole novel has the feel of an art house movie. Something from The Film Movement, maybe.
It’s like an Alaskan Suggie Bain, except not quite so bleak. A Korean family living in a rundown house on the edge of town suffers a series of disasters that tear them apart. Set in the mid 1980s with references to the Challenger disaster, the story is narrated by one of the sons. The whole novel has the feel of an art house movie. Something from The Film Movement, maybe.