A single person stuck between two cultures – Ed Jung, the protagonist of the novel Afloat in the River, is an immigrant with two different origins: the country of his birth, South Korea, and the busy city of Atlanta, Georgia. His formative years spent in South Korea and the ensuing decades spent in the United States have led him to exist in between these two cultures, without knowing which of the two he truly belongs. This biographical account is of a man trying to realize himself as a culturally divergent individual, and a story that is becoming emphasized in its international importance. 

E. B. Chang tells this tale of Ed Jung with the truthfulness of someone who has experienced that harrowing cliff of dual existences. While Ed Jung’s story may not be resolved until the readers pick up the book itself, Chang seeks to resolve his own crisis of identity through the infinitely healing act of writing. And he does it well too–Chang was a contributor to The Granite Tower from 1971 to 1975 in his college years and is currently part of the Atlanta Writers Club.