- Chinese, Chinos, Cuban Americans, Cubano-americanos
A saga of a Chinese-Cuban family begins in 1857, when Chen Pan signs a contract that takes him from China to Cuba and enslavement on a sugarcane plantation and follows him as he finds prosperity in Havana's Chinatown.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Cristina García
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, A.A. Knopf, Emecé Editores
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788495908537
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