Nina Revoyr crea narrativas cautivadoras que profundizan en temas de identidad, raza y las complejidades de la conexión humana. Su escritura se distingue por detalles vívidos y una atmósfera auténtica, estableciéndola como una voz significativa en la literatura contemporánea. Revoyr captura magistralmente la profundidad de los viajes personales y los desafíos que enfrentan los individuos al navegar por diversos paisajes culturales. Su obra resuena en los lectores por su perspicacia y resonancia emocional.
The rivalry and love of two high school girls playing basketball in Los Angeles. One is a shy Japanese-American, the other an aggressive African-American, and both are lesbian. Their relationship receives a new twist when the mother of the African-American moves in with the father of the Japanese-American and the girls begin living under one roof. A first novel
Jackie Ishida, a young Japanese American woman living in Los Angeles, learns of the deaths of four young men in her grandfather's store during the 1965 Watts riot, and sets out to discover the truth about their deaths, along the way uncovering some long-buried family secrets as well.
A contemporary Los Angeles story of uncrossable social lines, allegiance and betrayal, immeasurable power, and the ways the present is continually shaped by the past.