Sour Sweet

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, and shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.[3]

Sour Sweet
AuthorTimothy Mo
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, Black Comedy
Publication date
1982
ISBN0-233-97365-6

Film adaptation

The novel was filmed as Soursweet in 1988. Mike Newell directed. Novelist Ian McEwan wrote the script.[4]

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References
  1. Marcus, Laura; Peter Nicholls (2004). The Cambridge history of twentieth-century English literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 744.
  2. 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 (ed.). Defining new idioms and alternative forms of expression. Rodopi. p. 119.
  3. "Timothy Mo British Council Literature". British Council. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "Soursweet".
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