{"product_id":"cinema-love-1","title":"Cinema Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN:        9781399810265\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher:        John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\nImprint:        John Murray\u003cbr\u003e\nPub date:        30 Jan 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor over thirty years, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meagre existence in New York City’s Chinatown. But unlike other couples, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou, before they emigrated, they frequented the Workers’ Cinema, where gay men cruised for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile classic war films played, Old Second and his fellow countrymen found intimacy in the privacy of the Workers’ Cinema’s screening rooms. Elsewhere, in the box office, Bao Mei sold tickets to closeted men – guarding their privacy and finding her own happiness with the projectionist. But when their secrets are unveiled, they set in motion a series of haunting events that propel Old Second and Bao Mei towards an uncertain future in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning three timelines – post-socialist China, 1980s Chinatown, and contemporary New York – Cinema Love is a tender epic about men and women who find themselves in forbidden and frustrated relationships as they grapple with the past and their unspoken desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner of the Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nLonglisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guanghwa Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57079929667849,"sku":"9781399810265","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7525\/2745\/files\/9781399810265.jpg?v=1779453668","url":"https:\/\/guanghwa.com\/products\/cinema-love-1","provider":"Guanghwa Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}