Name: World and town
ISBN: 9780307272195

Gish Jen

a novel

World and town

Karis Ryu

3.5: a simultaneously nurturing yet cerebral read? i enjoyed cozying up with it in my blankets and being immersed in this lowkey, plaintive, and deeply layered world, yet also there was just...so much that one senses is there but can't figure out how to uncover. will have to come back to it to determine how successfully i think the book dealt with the intricate web of topics gish jen had in mind: missionary and evangelistic culture, asia and the u.s., american small towns, the religions and worlds we make out of everything.

and! the writing is so lovely.

this is also the first book i ever checked out from the new haven free public library so i enjoyed that a lot. :)

World and town a novel

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