China Men - (Vintage International) by Maxine Hong Kingston (Paperback)
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Highlights
- NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - The bestselling author of The Woman Warrior chronicles the lives of several generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact.
- National Book Awards (Gen. Nonfic. (Hardcover)) 1981 1st Winner
- About the Author: Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours.
- 320 Pages
- History, United States
- Series Name: Vintage International
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - The bestselling author of The Woman Warrior chronicles the lives of several generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. "A history at once savage and beautiful, a combination of bone-grinding reality and luminous fantasy."--The New Republic Maxine Hong Kingston's unforgettable imaginative journey into the hearts and minds of generations of Chinese men in America, from those who worked on the transcontinental railroad in the 1840s to those who fought in Vietnam. Mixing vivid fables and legends, personal stories from her own family, and details of the historical hardships faced by Chinese immigrants in different times and places, Kingston illuminates their long, arduous search for the Gold Mountain.About the Author
Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours. Kingston graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962 from the University of California at Berkeley, and, in the same year, married actor Earll Kingston, whom she had met in an English course. The couple has one son, Joseph, who was born in 1963. They were active in antiwar activities in Berkeley, but in 1967 the Kingstons headed for Japan to escape the increasing violence and drugs of the antiwar movement. They settled instead in Hawai'i, where Kingston took various teaching posts. They returned to California seventeen years later, and Kingston resumed teaching writing at the University of California, Berkeley. While in Hawai'i, Kingston wrote her first two books. The Woman Warrior, her first book, was published in 1976 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, making her a literary celebrity at age thirty-six. Her second book, China Men, earned the National Book Award. Still today, both books are widely taught in literature and other classes. Kingston has earned additional awards, including the PEN West Award for Fiction for Tripmaster Monkey, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the National Humanities Medal, which was conferred by President Clinton, as well as the title "Living Treasure of Hawai'i" bestowed by a Honolulu Buddhist church. Her most recent books include a collection of essays, Hawai'i One Summer, and latest novel, The Fifth Book of Peace. Kingston is currently Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Series Title: Vintage International
Publisher: Vintage
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Language: English
Street Date: April 23, 1989
TCIN: 76978955
UPC: 9780679723288
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-7782
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.65 pounds
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