{"product_id":"cinema-love-9780593474334","title":"Cinema Love","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ Fiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Part ghost story, part love story, and part tale of hardscrabble immigrant life.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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\u003eWhile 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\u003eSpanning 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 the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jiaming Tang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.29w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593474334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJiaming Tang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCinema Love\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Art Seidenbaum Prize for First Fiction; the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction. It was also a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He was a 2022-23 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow, and his work appears in \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43769319751795,"sku":"9.78059E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1686a7cd-92ca-4ed4-9d18-885d61070c8a.jpg?v=1757074950","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/cinema-love-9780593474334","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}