Korean-American Author Alexander Chee
Will Read
At Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus on November 6
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
October, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Tackling subjects such as pedophilia and
teenage suicide, Korean-American writer Alexander Chee will read from
his debut novel, "Edinburgh," at Long Island University's
Brooklyn Campus.
Part of the English Department's multicultural "Voices of
the Rainbow" series, and co–sponsored by Gender Studies,
the reading will take place on Wednesday, November 6, at 2 p.m. in
the Library Learning Center, Room 124, and is free and open to the
public.
Chee's tale tells the story of a musically talented Korean-American
boy growing up in Maine who sings in a professional boy's choir. When
the choir director molests several boys in his charge, the damage
he inflicts has a life long impact on the protagonist.
Winner of the James Michener/Copernicus Society Fellowship Prize
and named Publishers Weekly's Best
Book of 2001, "Edinburgh" received rave reviews from
critics. The New York Times Book Review described it as "hauntingcomplexsophisticated."
Kirkus Reviews called it "a striking debutfilled with moments
when agony and extraordinary beauty somehow coexist." Booklist
noted that it is "a spectacular, gripping and gut-wrenching
tale."
The "Voices of the Rainbow" series is funded by the
office of Provost Gale Stevens Haynes. For more information, call
(718) 488-1109. |
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