China Men

by Maxine Hong Kingston

1989

Status

Available

Call number

973.04951

Tags

E184.C5 K5 1989

Genres

Publication

Vintage Books

DDC/MDS

973.04951

Description

The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land.

User reviews

LibraryThing member moncur_d
Fascinating insight into Chinese migrant culture and excellent for the obvious parallels with the situation of the Chinese in Australia after Federation

Subjects

Original publication date

1977
1980

ISBN

978-0679723288 / 9780679723288

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