acquiesce [Paperback]

Sin Hwang is a semi-successful Toronto novelist. Hes stubborn, slightly egotistical, and used to the easy way out. Marks from his past are left on his body, but he refuses to acknowledge them. When he learns his estranged father has passed away, all he says is its fine. But he agrees to visit Hong Kong, where his father grew up, at the request of his cantankerous cousin Kai, whom hes never met. When he arrives, Kai explains that Sin is required to perform traditional duties before burying his father. Besides not knowing how to read Chinese, Sin has to learn how to be a part of a family, compromise, and confront his past.

Written like a Buddhist meditation on the cycle of violence by starting in the middle then reaching the end and the beginning at the same time, the story of Sins journey is familiar, witty, and rewarding.From the award-winning author ofcarried away on the crest of a waveandlady in the red dresscomes a moving story of tradition, family, and pain passed down through generations.Sin Hwang is a semi-successful Toronto novelist. Hes stubborn, slightly egotistical, and used to the easy way out. Marks from his past are left on his body, but he refuses to acknowledge them. When he learns his estranged father has passed away, all he says is its fine. But he agrees to visit Hong Kong, where his father grew up, at the request of his cantankerous cousin Kai, whom hes never met. When he arrives, Kai explains that Sin is required to perform traditional duties before burying his father. Besides not knowing how to read Chinese, Sin has to learn how to be a part of a family, compromise, and confront his past.

Written like a Buddhist meditation on the cycle of violence by starting in the middle then reaching the end and the beginning at the same time, the story of Sins journey is familiar, witty, and rewarding.This strange, funny, heart-breakingly beautiful show gives us a journey of self, family and spirituality that is difficultl£)