Triplines

Resource Information

The work Triplines represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Washington County Cooperative Library Services. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Triplines

Statement of responsibility

Leonard Chang

Creator

• Chang, Leonard

Subject

• Self-realization -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Alcoholic fathers -- Fiction
• Autobiographical fiction
• Long Island (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Korean American families -- Fiction
• Young men -- Fiction
• Dysfunctional families -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Autobiographical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Lenny Chang, the young protagonist of this autobiographical novel, is transplanted from New York City to a suburb on Long Island, and navigates his fractured family in this new, hostile environment. His alcoholic father, a Navy veteran struggling with his unhappy life, dominates and terrorizes his mother who valiantly tries to keep their family intact. Lenny's older brother drifts away from the turmoil while his younger sister attaches herself to Lenny for safety. As Lenny adjusts to this chaotic world in which the family spirals more and more out of control, he withdraws into himself and his martial arts movies, searching for some kind of solace. However, it isn't until Lenny befriends the local marijuana grower and dealer, Sal, that he begins to see a world beyond his own. This unusual friendship sets Lenny on a path toward independence, and becomes the bedrock on which this young boy moves into adulthood, finding the tools for self-reliance and fortitude that will sustain him throughout his life

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3553.H27244

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult