Lee follows the stunning A Gesture Life (1999) with a brilliant and candid parsing of the dynamics of a family of mixed heritage…while simultaneously offering a ribald look at male sexuality, a charming celebration of the solace of good food, and a sagacious and bitingly funny critique of our times. There is no escape, Lee reminds us, no rising above. We have no choice but to cope with fleshy, chaotic, and bittersweet life right here on earth.--Donna Seaman, Booklist.

"The prose Chang-rae Lee writes is elliptical, riddling, poetic... beautifully made.--The New Yorker.

Why Aloft?
·       This is a literary book that is, nonetheless, an accessible read by an author who has received the PEN/Hemingway Award, B&N Discover Award, American Book Award for Native Speaker, Anisfield-Wolf Prize and NAIBA Book Award for A Gesture Life, as well as the QPB New Voices Award and the Oregon Book award. Mr. Lee is currently the Director of the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University.

·       The narrative takes place on Long Island

·       The subject matter has appeal for both men and women.

·       Aloft is available in hardcover, paperback, Large Type, in various audio formats and as a Talking Book.

·       The author has indicated that he will be available for a program during the month of April, 2008.

For more information, contact Nassau co-chair Maureen Garvey at maureengarvey@merricklibrary.org, or Suffolk co-chair Deb Cunningham at dcunning@suffolk.lib.ny.us, or visit the Long Island Reads website at www.longislandreads.org.