Edinburgh

Chee, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1566492254 / ISBN 13: 9781566492256

Published by Welcome Rain Publishers (edition First Edition), 2001

With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Seller Inventory # 1566492254-11-1-29

Synopsis:

A poignant work of mature, haunting artistry, Edinburgh heralds the arrival of a remarkable young writer. Fee, a Korean-American child growing up in Maine, is gifted with a beautiful soprano voice and sings in a professional boys' choir. When the choir director acts out his paedophilic urges on the boys in the choir, Fee is unable to save himself, his first love, Peter, or his friends.

Review: Haunting . . .complex . . . sophisticated . . . [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words. New York Times

A coming-of-age novel 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. Washington Post

Lyrical . . . arresting . .. compelling . . .Edinburgh is beautifully imagined and executed . . . Profound and poetic . . . Chee's is a voice worth listening to. San Francisco Chronicle

Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life. And Alexander Chee is a brilliant new writer. Annie Dillard

Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist I've read in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic and pure. Edmund White

Few coming-of-age novels truly stir one's emotions or lead readers to consider the trauma of their own lives. Edinburgh does both. Newsday"

"Haunting . . .complex . . . sophisticated . . . [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words." --New York Times

"A coming-of-age novel 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." --Washington Post

"Lyrical . . . arresting . . . compelling . . . Edinburgh is beautifully imagined and executed . . . Profound and poetic . . . Chee's is a voice worth listening to." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Edinburgh has the force of a dream and the heft of a life. And Alexander Chee is a brilliant new writer." --Annie Dillard

"Alexander Chee gets my vote for the best new novelist I've read in some time. Edinburgh is moody, dramatic--and pure." --Edmund White

"Few coming-of-age novels truly stir one's emotions or lead readers to consider the trauma of their own lives. Edinburgh does both." --Newsday

Bibliographic Details

Title: Edinburgh
Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.