Stay True: A Memoir

From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken--with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity--is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes 'zines and haun...

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krupatato15 августа 2024 г.
The intimacy of friendship, he wrote, lies in the sensation of recognizing oneself in the eyes of another.
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krupatato15 августа 2024 г.
Friendship is about the willingness to know, rather than be known.
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krupatato15 августа 2024 г.
Writing offered a way to live outside the present, skipping over its textures and slowness, converting the present into language, thinking about language rather than being present at all.
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