The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Dennis Washburn and short version translated by Sumatsu Kencho
The short translation was one of the first, made over a century ago. The Washburn translation was more recent and much longer. I finished the short one and started the Washburn one, but never finished. Washburn had a lot of "about this text" at the start. The story is of a woman that hangs out with the rulers. It did not keep my interest.
The Chou family are immigrants who run a Chinese restaurant in Haven, Wisconsin. They have conflicting dreams and goals. There is a mixture of Buddhism and Christianity religion, Chinese and American culture, and fitting in and remaining separate. There are challenges fitting in to a culture when you are not really Chinese or really American. The Chou family also has plenty of "standard" family conflicts, especially over money. It all culminates with the family patriarch ending up dead in the freezer. We never know for sure how he died, but one son ends up being convicted on circumstantial evidence. (He had motive for doing it - he even acknowledged the motive on the witness stand and called himself a wimp for not following through.)