Sour Sweet
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| Author | Timothy Mo |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction, Black Comedy |
Publication date | 1982 |
| ISBN | 0-233-97365-6 |
Sour Sweet is a novel by Timothy Mo first published in 1982. Written as a 'sour sweet' comedy the story follows the tribulations of a Hong Kong Chinese immigrant and his initially reluctant wife as they attempt to make a home for themselves in 1960s[1] London.[2] It was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for 1982.
Film adaptation
The novel was adaptated for the screen in 1988. Mike Newell directed. Novelist Ian McEwan wrote the script.[3]
References
- ↑ Marcus, Laura; Peter Nicholls (2004). The Cambridge history of twentieth-century English literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 744.
- ↑ Mergenthal, Silvia (1996). "Acculturation and family structure: Mo's Sour Sweet, Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia, Ishiguro's A Pale View of Hills". In Eckhard Breitinger. Defining new idioms and alternative forms of expression. Rodopi. p. 119.
- ↑ "Soursweet".