Dec 29, 2009

Bone | Setting

Most of the events in Bone take place in a relatively small area of San Francisco known as "Chinatown," an area built and inhabited primarily by Chinese immigrants and their descendants. In Bone, Chinatown is a world apart, not only because of physical boundaries marked by streets and parks, but it is distinguished by a culture with distinct differences from surrounding communities. Ng brings to life this community with careful character studies, showing how different generations make their marks on Chinatown and how each generation of Chinatown's inhabitants react to the...