The Concubine's Children Portrait of a Family Divided
de Chong, Denise
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Viking/Penguin. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover is near fine, very light wear to edges/corners, very light soiling to back and outer edge of pages, light creasing to covers/corners. 268 pages. "This superbly told saga of family loyalties and disaffections reads more like a novel than an actual chronicle of Chan Sam, a Chinese peasant who left his family in 1913 to seek his fortune in the "Gold Mountain" of western Canada. There, though always planning to return to them, he set up a second family with the beautiful, headstrong concubine he brought with him from China. The story is narrated in the third person by his granddaughter, a Canadian economist, who creates an unsentimental portrait of both families: of Huangbo, the patient "home-wife" who raised their son and the two children the concubine, May-ying, left behind, and survived the Japanese occupation of China and the rule of Mao Tse-tung; of May-ying, whose earnings as a waitress in west coast teahouses often supported the struggling Chan Sam, his family in China and her own two Canadian-born children. And we learn of the fate of all the children, especially May-ying's daughter Hing, the author's mother. Although Chan Sam never fulfilled his dream of returning to his home-family, after his death, Hing and the author made the pilgrimage to China to embrace the relatives they had never known. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
Sinopsis
"Carefully balancing cool observation and compassion, Chong writes extraordinary history and gives voice to the Chinese immigrant experience."—ALA Booklist .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Riverwood's Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7289
- Título
- The Concubine's Children Portrait of a Family Divided
- Autor
- Chong, Denise
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Viking/Penguin
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
- Palabras clave
- Uncorrected Proof, Denise Chong
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Cultures - China; Collectible - 1st Edition/Modern; Biography - Autobio;
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