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...

• 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.