- Chinese, Chinese American teenagers, Women immigrants, Mothers and daughters
Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, "Girl in Translation" is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant-a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.
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Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Kwok
- First published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Audio, Penguin Books, Limited, Riverhead Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780142427996
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