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An edition of Locke 1928 (2007)

Locke 1928

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A mesmerizing story of a community of Chinese immigrants in a small California town in 1928, weaving history and mythology around the lives of the townspeople and the ghosts who haunt themLocke, CA, 1928— Three bedraggled Chinese women suddenly appear out of the mist one afternoon in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River, and their arrival throws the community into confusion. Two of the women are unknown to the townspeople, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling parlor, who had left her behind in China many years earlier and had not yet returned for her.Richard's wife's unexpected arrival complicates his life in no small way—not least with two prostitutes at the local brothel he frequents. One, the beautiful young Chloe, depends on him but has eyes for someone else, someone even more forbidden—the local preacher's daughter. The other, Poppy, the psychic madam of the brothel, is desperately in love with him, and she begins to sink into despair as he grows further and further away from her.As the lives of the townspeople become inextricably intertwined with the newly arrived women, Poppy's premonitions begin to foretell a deep unhappiness for all involved. And when a flood threatens the livelihood of the entire town, the frightening power of these mysterious women who arrived in the mist will be revealed.Shawna Yang Ryan's melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. Locke 1928 beautifully chronicles separation and betrayal, loneliness and longing, and what happens when a Chinese ghost story begins to come true.

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English
Pages
230

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Locke 1928: a novel
2009, Penguin Press
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Locke 1928
2007, El León Literary Arts
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Published in
Berkeley, Calif
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3618.Y344 L63 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
230 p. ;
Number of pages
230

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21894407M
Internet Archive
locke19280000ryan
ISBN 10
0976298392
ISBN 13
9780976298397
LCCN
2006938778
OCLC/WorldCat
124068286
Library Thing
3078794
Goodreads
614819

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