Nell Freudenberger: The Dissident

November 8, 2006 / 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

McNally Robinson Booksellers
52 Prince St.
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
New York, NY

From their website:

Nell Freudenberger’s first book, the story collection Lucky Girls (2003), astonished the literary world with a young writer’s international cosmopolitan sensibility and biting emotional insights. In her first novel The Dissident, Freudenberger fulfills the promise of her debut with an ambitious story of cultural collision, artistic integrity and the minefield of family life. The story of an exiled Chinese dissident artist who finds himself living with a well-off but damaged family in Los Angeles, The Dissident raises difficult questions of identity and motivation that are sure to spark conversation. Amnesty International will host this event and present information and materials related to the themes of Freudenberger’s novel. Reading, discussion, and signing.