Awards

• Long-listed for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 (UK)
• Short-listed for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 (UK)

Overview

A dazzling new voice, already acclaimed by high-profile writers - to compare to Cecile Pin, Ocean Vuong or Emma ClineA unique insider-outsider perspective on family life in modern ChinaSignificant international campaign: widespread media coverage and author features expected

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'A searing and intimate exploration of both China and the American Dream. Poignant and propulsive, thoughtful and moving. I loved this book' * Jean Kwok, bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee * 'Aube Rey Lescure’s beautiful debut makes us feel the inexhaustible mystery of other lives. A moving portrait of the love between a mother and daughter, River East, River West portrays, too, the powerlessness of our loves against the riptides of history' * Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness * 'A keen exploration of love, heritage and the search for home, told through alternating points of view – rebellious Alva and her stepfather Lu Fang with secrets of his own. Aube Rey Lescure’s portrayal of the glitter and grit of China’s tumultuous economic rise is by turns luminous and searing. A haunting debut' * Vanessa Hua, bestselling author of Forbidden City * 'A beautifully expansive tale of new beginnings – and the pasts we can't extricate ourselves from' * Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon * 'A complex and moving exploration of race, class, gender, and family... An ambitious, innovative take on both the immigrant and coming-of-age novel' * Kirkus Review *

'A searing and intimate exploration of both China and the American Dream. Poignant and propulsive, thoughtful and moving. I loved this book’  * Jean Kwok, bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee * 'Aube Rey Lescure’s beautiful debut makes us feel the inexhaustible mystery of other lives. A moving portrait of the love between a mother and daughter, River East, River West portrays, too, the powerlessness of our loves against the riptides of history' * Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness * A keen exploration of love, heritage and the search for home, told through alternating points of view – rebellious Alva and her stepfather Lu Fang with secrets of his own. Aube Rey Lescure’s portrayal of the glitter and grit of China’s tumultuous economic rise is by turns luminous and searing. A haunting debut * Vanessa Hua, bestselling author of Forbidden City * 'A beautifully expansive tale of new beginnings – and the pasts we can't extricate ourselves from' * Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon *

'Aube Rey Lescure’s beautiful debut makes us feel the inexhaustible mystery of other lives. A moving portrait of the love between a mother and daughter, River East, River West portrays, too, the powerlessness of our loves against the riptides of history' Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness 'A searing and intimate exploration of both China and the American Dream. Poignant and propulsive, thoughtful and moving. I loved this book' Jean Kwok, bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee ‘A compelling and thought-provoking coming-of-age story about identity and the narratives we create about ourselves. River East, River West offers a vivid portrait of China and the uneasy relationships of class and family history’ Catherine Cho, author of Inferno ‘“River east, river west” comes from a famous Chinese saying, which suggests that the world or people’s destinies are always in constant change, and there is no fixed path of rise, fall, honour or disgrace. Aube Rey Lescure has represented this idea brilliantly in her novel’ Xinran, author of The Good Women of China 'A keen exploration of love, heritage and the search for home, told through alternating points of view – rebellious Alva and her stepfather Lu Fang, with secrets of his own. Aube Rey Lescure’s portrayal of the glitter and grit of China’s tumultuous economic rise is by turns luminous and searing. A haunting debut' Vanessa Hua, bestselling author of Forbidden City 'A beautifully expansive tale of new beginnings – and the pasts we can't extricate ourselves from' Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon 'A complex and moving exploration of race, class, gender, and family... An ambitious, innovative take on both the immigrant and coming-of-age novel' Kirkus Review ‘River East, River West is a beautiful novel, wise and sensitive in dealing with the entanglements of love and culture across national boundaries, and across time; and despite its vast scope, it always feels intimate. A marvellous achievement’ Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire

'A searing and intimate exploration of both China and the American Dream' -Jean Kwok 'River East, River West portrays the powerlessness of our loves against the riptides of history' -Garth Greenwell 'A compelling and thought-provoking coming-of-age story' - Catherine Cho

Author Information

Aube Rey Lescure is a French-Chinese-American writer who grew up between Provence, France, northern China and Shanghai. She worked in foreign policy before turning to writing full time. Her writing has appeared inGuernica,Best American Essays,and Litroamong other publications.River East, River West is her debut novel which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024.

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