Winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner of the FerroGrumley award for LGBTQ FictionFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionLonglisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardA stunning and compelling novel for fans of PACHINKO, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, and SHUGGIE BAINThe pages crackle with the tension of a Hollywood thriller . . . an enticing, engaging read The TimesCinema Love is not just an extraordinary debut but a future classic Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good MothersFor over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York Citys Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the Workers Cinema, where gay men cruised for love.While classic war films played, Old Second and his fellow countrymen found intimacy in the privacy of the Workers Cinemas screening rooms. Elsewhere, in the box office, Bao Mei sold tickets to closeted men guarding their privacy and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when their secrets are unveiled, they set in motion a series of haunting events that propel Old Second and Bao Mei towards an uncertain future in America.Spanning three timelines postsocialist China, 1980s Chinatown, and contemporary New York Cinema Love is a tender epic about men and women who find themselves in forbidden and...
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner of the FerroGrumley award for LGBTQ FictionFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionLonglisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardA stunning and compelling novel for fans of PACHINKO, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, and SHUGGIE BAINThe pages crackle with the tension of a Hollywood thriller . . . an enticing, engaging read The TimesCinema Love is not just an extraordinary debut but a future classic Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good MothersFor over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York Citys Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the Workers Cinema, where gay men cruised for love.While classic war films played, Old Second and his fellow countrymen found intimacy in the privacy of the Workers Cinemas screening rooms. Elsewhere, in the box office, Bao Mei sold tickets to closeted men guarding their privacy and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when their secrets are unveiled, they set in motion a series of haunting events that propel Old Second and Bao Mei towards an uncertain future in America.Spanning three timelines postsocialist China, 1980s Chinatown, and contemporary New York Cinema Love is a tender epic about men and women who find themselves in forbidden and...
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