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Cinema Love is a sweeping debut novel about gay men in rural China, the women who marry them, and the secret theatres where their husbands cruised for love.
The pages crackle with the tension of a Hollywood thriller. There are elements here of Ian McEwan's Atonement and Tom Crewe's The New Life . . . an enticing, engaging read
There is much to admire in this intricately plotted novel . . . it's a story with real heart: Tang shows genuine sympathy for each of his flawed characters as he unpicks the moral complexities of their choices
This resonant and textured debut traces the secret lives of gay men and their wives in 1980s China and their loneliness in contemporary New York City's Chinatown . . . Tang laces the narrative with Dickensian details of Chinatown's underground economy . . . Tang announces himself as a writer to watch with this unshakable novel
Tang has plenty to say here - with intimacy, sadness, and aging being frequent subjects. The prose moves from omniscient to highly focused with ease . . . A haunting story of shared pasts and troubled memories
Rich in simile and metaphor, Tang's book is beautifully written too. An excellent first novel and a captivating reading experience
Moving . . . Part ghost story, part love story, and part tale of hardscrabble immigrant life, this intricately plotted novel asks whether, in the end, it is better to forgive or to forget
Cinema Love is a gripping narrative with sharply drawn characters. Equally important, it is beautifully written . . . Jiaming Tang's first novel is a beautiful meditation on love, loss, and the haunting power of the past
The past infiltrates the present like a charm, lending a dreamlike mood to thoughts and experiences
Tang has . . . created a fascinating, rarely revealed world in this well-plotted debut. The book's tender swirl of stories depicting the lives of men and women caught between two lives has its touching moments
Lush, romantic, daring, and filled with indelible characters, Cinema Love is not just an extraordinary debut, but a future classic. In this story of forbidden queer love and the cost of secrets, Jiaming Tang gives voice, humanity, and dignity to people so often rendered invisible by society. Here, Chinese laborers, factory workers, seamstresses, nail technicians, and cooks take glorious center stage, their lives and deepest yearnings made epic. I absolutely loved this book and couldn't stop reading
I loved it. Cinema Love fizzes with energy. The characters are rich and warm and the prose is perfect. Jiaming Tang is a remarkable new voice
Cinema Love grasps you tightly in the heart, then does not let go. A tender and enrapturing feat of storytelling, this novel unwraps the brightest and darkest moments of queer love and all its humanity. The stories of the men and women in this book swallowed me whole, and I will never forget them
A staggering feat of storytelling, epic in its reach yet so intimate and nuanced in its ability to break the heart of its reader. Tang honours the many stripes of his characters' journeys with forensic clarity, compassion and authenticity
Exceptional, moving, and not to be missed
Gentle and fierce, heartbreaking without sacrificing its sense of humour, Jiaming Tang's Cinema Love perfectly mines the difficult-to-reach space between agony and pleasure. I have never read anything like it . . . Guided through these shadowy and sorrowful places by Tang's plush and vivid prose, I found myself breathless until the very end - and even then barely able to exhale. This is the unforgettable work of a patient master
Masterful . . . Cinema Love is a tender, deeply compassionate debut, with characters so vividly drawn they feel alive
Gracefully crisscrossing China and New York City's Chinatown, Cinema Love lays bare that which so many of us feel: the struggle against loneliness, attempts to forge a life beyond betrayals large and small, and the fact that liberation for some means loss for others. Featuring characters full of wit, humour, and longing, Jiaming Tang's debut navigates the complexities of intimacy with the utmost care, while also affirming that in order to build a better future, we must first make peace with the past. Hear me now: this is a book that'll stay with you long after the last page
Jiaming Tang is a queer immigrant writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds an MFA from the University of Alabama, and he is a 2022-3 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow. Cinema Love is his first novel.
The pages crackle with the tension of a Hollywood thriller. There are elements here of Ian McEwan's Atonement and Tom Crewe's The New Life . . . an enticing, engaging read
There is much to admire in this intricately plotted novel . . . it's a story with real heart: Tang shows genuine sympathy for each of his flawed characters as he unpicks the moral complexities of their choices
This resonant and textured debut traces the secret lives of gay men and their wives in 1980s China and their loneliness in contemporary New York City's Chinatown . . . Tang laces the narrative with Dickensian details of Chinatown's underground economy . . . Tang announces himself as a writer to watch with this unshakable novel
Tang has plenty to say here - with intimacy, sadness, and aging being frequent subjects. The prose moves from omniscient to highly focused with ease . . . A haunting story of shared pasts and troubled memories
Rich in simile and metaphor, Tang's book is beautifully written too. An excellent first novel and a captivating reading experience
Moving . . . Part ghost story, part love story, and part tale of hardscrabble immigrant life, this intricately plotted novel asks whether, in the end, it is better to forgive or to forget
This tender, elegant debut from Jiaming Tang follows gay men and their wives from pickups at a 1980s Mawei movie theatre to loss and longing in NYC's Chinatown
Cinema Love is a gripping narrative with sharply drawn characters. Equally important, it is beautifully written . . . Jiaming Tang's first novel is a beautiful meditation on love, loss, and the haunting power of the past
The past infiltrates the present like a charm, lending a dreamlike mood to thoughts and experiences
Tang has . . . created a fascinating, rarely revealed world in this well-plotted debut. The book's tender swirl of stories depicting the lives of men and women caught between two lives has its touching moments
Lush, romantic, daring, and filled with indelible characters, Cinema Love is not just an extraordinary debut, but a future classic. In this story of forbidden queer love and the cost of secrets, Jiaming Tang gives voice, humanity, and dignity to people so often rendered invisible by society. Here, Chinese laborers, factory workers, seamstresses, nail technicians, and cooks take glorious center stage, their lives and deepest yearnings made epic. I absolutely loved this book and couldn't stop reading
I loved it. Cinema Love fizzes with energy. The characters are rich and warm and the prose is perfect. Jiaming Tang is a remarkable new voice
Cinema Love grasps you tightly in the heart, then does not let go. A tender and enrapturing feat of storytelling, this novel unwraps the brightest and darkest moments of queer love and all its humanity. The stories of the men and women in this book swallowed me whole, and I will never forget them
A staggering feat of storytelling, epic in its reach yet so intimate and nuanced in its ability to break the heart of its reader. Tang honours the many stripes of his characters' journeys with forensic clarity, compassion and authenticity
Exceptional, moving, and not to be missed
Gentle and fierce, heartbreaking without sacrificing its sense of humour, Jiaming Tang's Cinema Love perfectly mines the difficult-to-reach space between agony and pleasure. I have never read anything like it . . . Guided through these shadowy and sorrowful places by Tang's plush and vivid prose, I found myself breathless until the very end - and even then barely able to exhale. This is the unforgettable work of a patient master
Masterful . . . Cinema Love is a tender, deeply compassionate debut, with characters so vividly drawn they feel alive
A beautifully told story about the delicate tension between love and longing, the crisis of loneliness, and the price of regret. With a wise, masterful compassion, Cinema Love announces Jiaming Tang as an essential new voice in literature. I absolutely loved this book
Gracefully crisscrossing China and New York City's Chinatown, Cinema Love lays bare that which so many of us feel: the struggle against loneliness, attempts to forge a life beyond betrayals large and small, and the fact that liberation for some means loss for others. Featuring characters full of wit, humour, and longing, Jiaming Tang's debut navigates the complexities of intimacy with the utmost care, while also affirming that in order to build a better future, we must first make peace with the past. Hear me now: this is a book that'll stay with you long after the last page
Jiaming Tang is a queer immigrant writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds an MFA from the University of Alabama, and he is a 2022-3 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow. Cinema Love is his first novel.