China Men

National Book Award Winner

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<b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • The bestselling author of <i>The Woman Warrior </i>chronicles the lives of several generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. <br><br>"A history at once savage and beautiful, a combination of bone-grinding reality and luminous fantasy."—<i>The New Republic<br><br></i></b>Maxine Hong Kingston’s unforgettable imaginative journey into the hearts and minds of generations of Chinese men in America, from those who worked on the transcontinental railroad in the 1840s to those who fought in Vietnam. Mixing vivid fables and legends, personal stories from her own family, and details of the historical hardships faced by Chinese immigrants in different times and places, Kingston illuminates their long, arduous search for the Gold Mountain.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780679723288

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

132 x 200 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Verlag / Hersteller

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group