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Babylon, South Dakota: A Novel
By Tom Lin
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When Saul and Mei Hsiu relocate to the United States from China after inheriting land, they don’t expect their chrysanthemum farm to one day share space with a U.S. missile silo. Mysterious and reflective, this hopeful, sometimes magical family saga offers a striking look at the American West.
From the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives.
"Lin's gossamer prose is patient and full of wonders."—Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams and An Oral History of Atlantis
When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States ...
"Lin's gossamer prose is patient and full of wonders."—Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams and An Oral History of Atlantis
When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States ...
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Poured Over: Tom Lin on Babylon, South Dakota
Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin is a hopeful family saga that offers a striking look at the American West. Tom joins us to talk about the Midwest, language, nature, time, family stories and more with cohost Jenna Seery.
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