The Unstable Bridge: Capital, Memory, and the Failure of Reinvention in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge

I just finished reading Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao, and I want to write down my thoughts using a neo Marxist lens. Basically, that means I'm looking at the story through the eyes of class, money, power, and how the system (like the government, schools, and media) shapes the way people think. I am not focusing on the characters feelings alone . I am looking at the bigger forces pushing them around.