{"product_id":"cinema-love-hardcover","title":"Cinema Love - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJiaming Tang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exceptional, moving, and not to be missed.\"--Alice Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Gentle and fierce, heartbreaking without sacrificing its sense of humor . . . I have never read anything like it.\"--Robert Jones, Jr. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meager existence in New York City's Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the Workers' Cinema: a theater where gay men cruised for love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While classic war films played, Old Second and his countrymen found intimacy in the screening rooms. In the box office, Bao Mei sold movie tickets to closeted men, guarding their secrets and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when Old Second's passion for his male lover is revealed, a series of haunting events unfold, propelling these characters toward an uncertain future in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning three timelines--post-socialist China, 1980s Chinatown, and contemporary New York--\u003ci\u003eCinema Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"exceptional\" and \"moving\" (Alice Hoffman) epic about men and women who find themselves in forbidden relationships; the weight of secrets; and the way memory forever haunts\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethe present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJiaming Tang\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer immigrant writer. He holds an MFA from the University of Alabama, and his writing has appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is a 2022-23 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow and lives in Brooklyn, New York. \u003ci\u003eCinema Love \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9.26 x 6.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748816748832,"sku":"9780593474334","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c371360037d9679c6498a46ce20d588.webp?v=1779916987","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cinema-love-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}