Crossings

By Leonard Chang

Crossings takes an unflinching look at the lives of Korean immigrants, legal and illegal, in the San Francisco Bay Area. This novel centers on Sam, a widower, who finds himself in debt to a local gangster and Unha, an illegal immigrant working at a nightclub. Intertwined with their lives are the lives of other characters-family members, other immigrants, gangsters. Together they form a portrait of a community struggling to better itself. When Unha rebels against the stringent demands placed on her, she is kidnapped and and trafficked into prostitution and Sam is determined to save her.An ensemble novel, i]Crossings /i] is a mosaic of stories about the American dream.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930773926
• ISBN13: 9780930773922
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Black Heron Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A gripping novel that should not be ignored

The American Dream is to escape oppression, not to travel thousands of miles back into it. "Crossings" is a novel of Korean immigrants trying to survive the corrupt San Francisco Bay arena where a Sam and Unha try to make ends meet. Unable to comply with what the underworld expects of her, Unha finds herself in a web of prostitution and it's up to Sam to save her. A story of the pursuit of the American dream gone wrong, "Crossings" is a gripping novel that should not be ignored.