02164nam 2200349 450 991052487140332120221223101540.00-8142-7156-1(CKB)3780000000104802(NjHacI)993780000000104802(EXLCZ)99378000000010480220221223d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Departure Lounge Stories and a Novella /Paul EggersColumbus :The Ohio State University Press,2009.1 online resource (ix, 166 pages)0-8142-5195-1 What happens when people land on unfamiliar moral and cultural turf? The five stories in Paul Eggers' The Departure Lounge examine that question, focusing on characters in either voluntary or involuntary exile-men and women forced to confront their deepest emotions and beliefs, removed from familiar, comforting surroundings. In one story an academic flees his family, arriving in Africa only to find that his African host is dealing with a similar crisis. In another, an American chess hustler in Africa is forced to come to terms with his own sense of right and wrong. In yet another, an old Vietnamese man now living in California finds that his relationship with his now-dead daughter was not what he had assumed. In the story "Hey," a young chess star confronts the death of his brother in the Vietnam War. And in the final story, an aging American couple-former UN relief workers-return to their refugee-camp worksite in Malaysia, discovering what they had forgotten about themselves. In lyrical, tough-minded prose, Eggers' stories illuminate in unexpected ways the profundity of cross-cultural experiences, as well as deliver fresh insights into the complexity of identity.Short stories, AmericanShort stories, American.813.0Eggers Paul1271765NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910524871403321The Departure Lounge2995908UNINA