China Men: National Book Award Winner
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • The bestselling author of The Woman Warrior chronicles the lives of several generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact.
"A history at once savage and beautiful, a combination of bone-grinding reality and luminous fantasy."—The New Republic
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.
"A history at once savage and beautiful, a combination of bone-grinding reality and luminous fantasy."—The New Republic
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.
PUBLISHER:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
0679723285
ISBN-13:
9780679723288
BINDING:
Paperback
BISAC:
Fiction
PUBLICATION YEAR:
1989
NUMBER OF PAGES:
320
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
0.72(H) x 5.23(W) x 7.95(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English