Sour Sweet

Sour Sweet

Author	Timothy Mo
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Fiction, Black Comedy
Publication date	1982
ISBN	0-233-97365-6

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]

Film adaptation

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

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. 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".