Everything Beautiful is Far Away - Softcover

Cullin, Mitch; Chang, Peter I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150259885X ISBN 13: 9781502598851

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Struggling to make sense of his life in America, prepubescent immigrant Samuel Chu grapples with the mysteries of learning a language, navigates the urban streets of Los Angeles on a pair of roller skates in the dubious company of ghostly strangers, and finds himself at odds with his young mother when it comes to her unrealistic expectations about who he should be. An affectionate chronicle of one boy’s formative months in a new country, Everything Beautiful is Far Away is also an intimate portrait of the complicated relationship between a mother and her only child.

"Funny, poetic, often surreal, and beautifully written... A subtle, modern metaphorical retelling of Siddhartha's journey beyond the palace and out into the world."
—Lin Bo-Hua, A Year of a Thousand Cranes

About this title

About the Author

Mitch Cullin is the author eight previous works of fiction. His novel Tideland was adapted into a film of the same name by director Terry Gilliam, and an adaptation of A Slight Trick of the Mind, his book about an elderly Sherlock Holmes, recently wrapped production under the title of Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellan and directed by Bill Condon. He lives in the San Gabriel Valley where he spends most of his time taking photographs.

Peter I. Chang is an artist/filmmaker. I Want to Destroy America, his documentary about the musician Hisao Shinagawa, premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival in 2006. Tokyo is Dreaming, his non-narrative film on Tokyo and featuring music by Calexico's John Convertino, had its UK debut at the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in 2009 before receiving its American screening at the Phoenix Art Museum. Besides collaborating with Mitch Cullin, he has also created several videos for musicians such as Pleq, Quinn Walker, and Pjusk. Everything Beautiful is Far Away is his first novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 150259885X
• ISBN 13: 9781502598851
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416