- Fiction, American fiction, Chinese American authors, Chinese Americans
On the eve of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco's Chinatown, twelve-year-old Donald Duk attempts to deal with his comical name and his feelings for his cultural heritage.
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Classical in form, warm, intimate and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Frank Chin
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 173
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press, Distributor, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780918273833
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