A huge word-of-mouth hit in the United States, Cha’s explosive novel takes an unflinching look at the second-generation immigrant experience and the long shadow of the Los Angeles race riots of the 1990s. Drawing rich parallels between the tumult of 27 years ago and the festering injustices of the present day, Your House Will Pay also has pertinent things to say about intersectionality and belonging in Trump’s America. Epic, immediate and energising, this is a highly important work.
Grace Park and Shawn Mathews share a city - Los Angeles - but seemingly little else. Coming from different generations and very different communities, their paths wouldn't normally cross at all.
As Grace battles confusion over her elder sister's estrangement from their Korean-immigrant parents, Shawn tries to help his cousin Ray readjust to city life after years spent in prison. But something in their past links these two families. As the city around them threatens to erupt into violence, echoing the worst days of the early 1990s, the lives of Grace and Shawn are set to collide in ways which will change them all forever.
Beautifully written, and marked by its aching humanity as much as its growing sense of dread, Your House Will Pay is a powerful and urgent novel for today.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571348213
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 331 g
Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
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This is a gripping, powerful novel and I absolutely loved it.
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An extraordinary story about racial tensions, family conflict, revenge, and forgiveness, ‘Your House Will Pay’ follows the aftermath of a shooting in 90s LA.
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