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  • YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY. by Cha, Steph.
    Cha, Steph.
    YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2019) dj. Hardcover - California author's highly praised fourth novel - "a taut, fictionalized account of the real-life 1991 South Los Angeles slaying of Latasha Harlins. The 15-year-old was shot by a Korean convenience store owner just two weeks after the police beating of motorist Rodney King. In Chas Los Angeles, its the summer of 2019 and racial tensions are at their zenith since the 92 rioting. This time, a police shooting involving a black teenager named Alfonso Curiel has inflamed simmering anger. Protests erupt throughout the city. Against this backdrop, the destinies of two families one African American, the other Korean American collide in a tale of a city roiled by…

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    New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2019) dj. Hardcover - California author's highly praised fourth novel - "a taut, fictionalized account of the real-life 1991 South Los Angeles slaying of Latasha Harlins. The 15-year-old was shot by a Korean convenience store owner just two weeks after the police beating of motorist Rodney King. In Chas Los Angeles, its the summer of 2019 and racial tensions are at their zenith since the 92 rioting. This time, a police shooting involving a black teenager named Alfonso Curiel has inflamed simmering anger. Protests erupt throughout the city. Against this backdrop, the destinies of two families one African American, the other Korean American collide in a tale of a city roiled by racism, violence and social injustice." Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 299 pp plus author's note.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 89209
    Keywords: african american, korean american, LA times book prize, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, race riots
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  • DANCER DAWKINS AND THE CALIFORNIA KID. by Kim, Willyce
    Kim, Willyce
    DANCER DAWKINS AND THE CALIFORNIA KID.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Boston: Alyson Publications, (1985). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (preceded by three books of poetry) by this Korean American lesbian author, who was born in Honolulu, and who has been called the first openly lesbian Asian writer to be published in the United States. Described as politically incorrect - and as a "rip-roaring Western adventure" (Judy Grahn) INSCRIBED on the title page by the author (simply signed "W"). Also contains a signed and dated holographic poem inside the back cover. 133 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870597.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76555
    Keywords: Gay and Lesbian, korean american, poet
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  • DANCER DAWKINS AND THE CALIFORNIA KID. by Kim, Willyce
    Kim, Willyce
    DANCER DAWKINS AND THE CALIFORNIA KID.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Boston: Alyson Publications, (1985). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (preceded by three books of poetry) by this Korean American lesbian author, who was born in Honolulu, and who has been called the first openly lesbian Asian writer to be published in the United States. Described as politically incorrect - and as a "rip-roaring Western adventure" (Judy Grahn) INSCRIBED on the title page by the author. 133 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-932870597.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85816
    Keywords: Gay and Lesbian, korean american, poet
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  • A GESTURE LIFE. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    A GESTURE LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning writer, nominated for the National Book Award. 356 pp. ISBN: 1-573221465.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50951
    Keywords: Asian and Asian American, korean american
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  • A GESTURE LIFE. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    A GESTURE LIFE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning writer, nominated for the National Book Award. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp. ISBN: 1-573221465.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56457
    Keywords: Asian and Asian American, korean american
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  • NATIVE SPEAKER. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    NATIVE SPEAKER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. SIGNED first edition - Author's first book - this book has been described as "beautifully crafted, enlightening and heart-wrenching, it is a brilliant debut." Winner of the Hemingway Foundation PEN Award. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.

    Condition: Fine in wrappers.

    Book ID: 82875
    Keywords: arc, Asian and Asian American, first book, Hemingway Foundation PEN Award, korean american, uncorrected proof
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