- Chinese, Fiction, Chinois, Chinese fiction
Continues the Chen family story of life in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Wayson Choy
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Anchor Canada, Other Press, Doubleday Canada
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781590512159
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