Lipstick and Other Stories- P

by Alex Kuo

Lisptick and Other Stories has won an American Book Award for 2002, the first book by a Hong Kong author and the first book from a publisher outside the United States to be so honored. Alex Kuo... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9627160997
• ISBN13: 9789627160991
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Soho Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Take a Deep Breath

The stories in this collection are short in word length, brief, but resonate long after they are read. I had to take a deep breath after each piece, the subtext and implications of what Kuo is doing in using language and writing techniques as a direct reflection of the ambiguity of memory juxtaposed against an almost equally tenuous contemporary identity is fascinating and admirable. I believe that if more people knew about Alex Kuo, a 2002 American Book Award winner, they would enjoy reading this work, though I can also say that Kuo is a writer's writer. There is fine craftmanship in these stories as well as a diversity of thought and exploration that raises this collection above the pointless displays of colorless wordplay infesting contemporary "American" literature.