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"Sterling Lung grew up in the back of his parents' laundry dreaming of being an American, while speaking Chinese to his mother, English to his friends, and very little to the father he seemed always to disappoint.".
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- David Wong Louie
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 372
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, Berkley Books, Putnam Adult
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780425178287
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