{"product_id":"9781429989503","title":"The End of East: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the tradition of Amy Tan and Jhumpa Lahiri, a moving portrait of three generations of family living in Vancouver's Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Knopf Canada's New Face of Fiction program--launching grounds for Yann Martel's \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e and Ann-Marie MacDonald's \u003ci\u003eFall on Your Knees\u003c\/i\u003e--comes this powerfully evocative novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt age eighteen, Seid Quan is the first in the Chan family to emigrate from China to Vancover in 1913. Paving the way for a wife and son, he is profoundly lonely, even as he joins the Chinatown community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving in and out of the past and the present, \u003ci\u003eThe End of East\u003c\/i\u003e pieces together the spellbinding tale of Seid Quan's family: his wife Shew Lin, whose hope for her family are threatened by her own misguided actions; his son Pon Man, who struggles with obligation and desire; his daughter-in-law Siu Sang, who tries to be the caregiver everyone expects, even as she feels herself unraveling; and his granddaughter Sammy, who finds herself embroiled in a volatile mixture of seduction, grief, and duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exquisite debut of isolation, immigration, romance, and insanity, \u003ci\u003eThe End of East\u003c\/i\u003e sets family conflicts against the backdrop of Vancouver's Chinatown--a city within a city where dreams are shattered as quickly as they're built, and where history repeats itself through the generations. It is a bold and accomplished debut from one of Canada's brightest new literary stars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154183274736,"sku":"9781429989503","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429989503_p0.jpg?v=1769903849","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429989503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}