This place called absence

This novel is not a traditional plot-driven one; rather, it is a string of episodes and musings that give the reader a window into Wu Lan's quest for self-reconciliation. Although as a reader I was generally sympathetic to Wu Lan's circumstances, I found myself growing impatient with her i...

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Published in:Quill and quire 2000, Vol.66 (6), p.49
Main Authors: Kwa, Lydia, Bates, Judy F
Format: Review
Language:English
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Fiction
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Summary:This novel is not a traditional plot-driven one; rather, it is a string of episodes and musings that give the reader a window into Wu Lan's quest for self-reconciliation. Although as a reader I was generally sympathetic to Wu Lan's circumstances, I found myself growing impatient with her inertia, which sometimes bordered on self-indulgence. Her modern, comfortable, middle-class life - drinking coffee at the Java Cat, strolling around Vancouver, engaging in successive love affairs - contrasted sharply with the more dramatic and compelling rendering of the two prostitutes.
ISSN:0033-6491