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Story of Lee

Book by Ernie Yap

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October 27, 2012  |  1,050 views  |  0 reviews / comments

Story of Lee (book) by Ernie YapA historical narrative of Lee, John Steinbeck's Chinese cook in East of Eden; and Chinatown, San Francisco in the 19th century. The tale traverses both China and America in their most turbulent centuries; each wrestling with a national identity against the appearance of ‘foreigners’ on their shores. You will be reading about the life of an ‘English-speaking Chinaman’; his travails within an infant but violent Chinatown, his survival in a hostile land with bilingualism as his only weapon, and a torrid forbidden love affair. Lee was a man whose time was not ready for him. This site is dedicated to his story.

 

About Ernie Yap

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Ernie Yap spent his childhood in Malaysia. While in medical school, he worked as a freelance writer and did book reviews, short stories and various non fiction. STORY OF LEE is his debut novel.

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