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A review by celtic_oracle
Diamond Grill by Fred Wah
3.0
Fred Wah's stories of his childhood growing up as the son of a "Canadian-born Chinese-Scots-Irishman raised in China" and a Swedish-born Canadian from Swift Current. Wah's father ran the Diamond Grill, and it provides the setting for most of the vignettes in the book.
Fred Wah is a poet, and often incorporates prose poetry into his vignettes - sometimes the device works, and sometimes it ends up detracting from the story. Either way, this is a quick and enjoyable read that deals with questions of race and identity, as well as the simple things that make life worthwhile - like good food.
Fred Wah is a poet, and often incorporates prose poetry into his vignettes - sometimes the device works, and sometimes it ends up detracting from the story. Either way, this is a quick and enjoyable read that deals with questions of race and identity, as well as the simple things that make life worthwhile - like good food.