{"product_id":"keep-your-enemies-close","title":"Keep Your Enemies Close","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Doris W. Cheng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Taiwanese American grad student reckons with the academy, her overbearing mother, and her white boyfriend in this biting and laugh-out-loud-funny indictment of self-assimilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 3rd, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover ISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646054770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook ISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646054787\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnie Wang is struggling. Stalled out in the middle of her dissertation on social camouflage in \u003cem\u003eCatcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e, resentful of her filial obligations, and inundated with the boxes of Costco goods her mother obsessively buys her, she finds herself paralyzed and on the verge of getting kicked out of school. She blames it all on her manipulative, narcissistic mother, and dreams of escaping her immigrant past. But when her therapist-in-training boyfriend urges her to go “no contact,” she begins to wonder if assimilation is attainable, if an immigrant daughter can ever truly ditch her family, and whether Holden Caulfield is a truthteller or simply a spoiled brat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Elaine Hsieh Chou’s \u003cem\u003eDisorientation\u003c\/em\u003e and Philip Roth’s \u003cem\u003ePortnoy’s Complaint\u003c\/em\u003e, Doris W. Cheng’s debut novel turns a penetrating eye to race and culture, challenging conventional notions about the immigrant story. Following a protagonist as flawed as she is funny, \u003cem\u003eKeep Your Enemies Close\u003c\/em\u003e is a hilarious—and moving—paean to female rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoris W. Cheng\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Taiwanese American writer and editor. She is the author of a fiction chapbook, \u003cem\u003eEarthling\u003c\/em\u003e, and her stories, essays, and interviews appear in \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWitness\u003c\/em\u003e, and other literary magazines. She is a Finalist for the PEN\/Bellwether Prize and has received support from Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Tin House Workshops, the Barbara Deming Fund, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She holds an MA in English Literature from Columbia University and is Fiction Editor for \u003cem\u003eBellevue Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eKeep Your Enemies Close\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A Strange Object","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48814567588089,"sku":"9781646054770","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":48814567620857,"sku":"9781646054787","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/files\/DV_CoverPlaceholderImage.jpg?v=1786568386","url":"https:\/\/store.deepvellum.org\/products\/keep-your-enemies-close","provider":"Deep Vellum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}