Typical American
In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, ... [... more]
Random House |
The Love Wife
 Amazon.com Review: The realities of mixed-heritage familes are explored in The Love Wife: those serio-comic moments that all families run into, but that are particularly difficult when its members are of completely different backgrounds. In this case, [... more]
$24.95
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Asian American Literature
PThis critical study of Asian American literature discusses work by internationally successful writers such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Gish Jen, Chang-Rae Lee and Amitav Ghosh, and situates them in a range of literary-cultural [... more]
$99.00
A1 Books |
Typical American
Author: Gish Jen Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 1991 [... more]
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The Love Wife
Amazon.com Review: The realities of mixed-heritage familes are explored in The Love Wife: those serio-comic moments that all families run into, but that are particularly difficult when its members are of completely different backgrounds. In this case, [... more]
$9.95
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TYPICAL AMERICAN CL
A Typical Story, Typically Told: The immigrant experience in America is well-trodden ground and unfortuntely Gish Jen's Typical American doesn't really add much to this well-established body of literature. Her writing style is good, the story she tells [... more]
$19.95
Amazon.com |
The Love Wife
Amazon.com Review: The realities of mixed-heritage familes are explored in The Love Wife: those serio-comic moments that all families run into, but that are particularly difficult when its members are of completely different backgrounds. In this case, [... more]
$14.00
Amazon.com |
Mona in the Promised Land
Amazon.com Review: Gish Jen's second novel is populated by characters who "switch" ethnicity almost as if they were changing their hairstyles. The main character, Mona Chang, whose parents were featured in Jen's first effort, Typical American, [... more]
$24.00
Amazon.com |
Typical American (Contemporary Fiction, Plume)
A Typical Story, Typically Told: The immigrant experience in America is well-trodden ground and unfortuntely Gish Jen's Typical American doesn't really add much to this well-established body of literature. Her writing style is good, the story she tells [... more]
$13.95
Amazon.com |
Typical American (Vintage Contemporaries)
A Typical Story, Typically Told: The immigrant experience in America is well-trodden ground and unfortuntely Gish Jen's Typical American doesn't really add much to this well-established body of literature. Her writing style is good, the story she tells [... more]
$13.95
Amazon.com |
Who's Irish?: Stories
Amazon.com Review: Nobody writes about the immigrant experience like Gish Jen. What sets her apart from other ethnic writers is the wide-angle lens she turns not only on her own Chinese American ethnic group, but on Jewish Americans, African Americans, [... more]
$13.00
Amazon.com |
Who's Irish?: Stories
Amazon.com Review: Nobody writes about the immigrant experience like Gish Jen. What sets her apart from other ethnic writers is the wide-angle lens she turns not only on her own Chinese American ethnic group, but on Jewish Americans, African Americans, [... more]
$22.00
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