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In the shadow of a looming flood that comes every one hundred years, Tee tries to convince himself that living in a new place will mean a new identity and a chance to shed the parallels between him and his adopted father. This beautiful and dreamlike story follows Tee, a twenty-two-year-old Korean-American, as he escapes to Prague in the wake of his uncle's suicide and the aftermath of 9/11. His life intertwines with Pavel, a painter famous for revolution; Katka, his equally alluring wife; and Pavel's partner - a giant of a man with an American name. As the flood slowly makes its way into the old city, Tee contemplates his own place in life as both mixed and adopted and as an American in a strange land full of heroes, myths, and ghosts. In the tradition of Native Speaker and The Family Fang, the Good Men Project's Matthew Salesses weaves together the tangled threads of identity, love, growing up, and relationships in his stunning first novel, The Hundred-Year Flood.
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Matthew Salesses was adopted from Korea. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller, THE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD, the national bestseller, CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD, and the PEN/Faulkner Finalist DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR. His writing can be found in Best American Essays 2020, NPR, The New York Times, The Guardian, VICE.com, and many other publications. His previous books include I'M NOT SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING (a novel) ; DIFFERENT RACISMS: ON STEREOTYPES, THE INDIVIDUAL, AND ASIAN AMERICAN MASCULINITY (essays) ; and THE LAST REPATRIATE (a novella) . In 2015, Buzzfeed named him one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers. He has taught for Tin House, Kundiman, and One Story, among others.
