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The Confessions of a Number One Son: The Great Chinese American Novel (Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies)
Frank Chin
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Hardcover. Editor(s): McMillin, Calvin. Series: Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In the early 1970s, Frank Chin, the outspoken Chinese American author of such plays as The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon, wrote a fulllength novel that was never published and presumably lost. Nearly four decades later, Calvin McMillin, a literary scholar specializing in Asian American literature,would discover Chin’s original manuscripts and embark on an extensive restoration project. Meticulously reassembled from multiple extant drafts, Frank Chin’s “forgotten” novel is a sequel to The Chickencoop Chinaman and follows the further misadventures of Tam Lum, the original play’s witty protagonist.
Haunted by the bitter memories of a failed marriage ... Read more
In the early 1970s, Frank Chin, the outspoken Chinese American author of such plays as The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon, wrote a fulllength novel that was never published and presumably lost. Nearly four decades later, Calvin McMillin, a literary scholar specializing in Asian American literature,would discover Chin’s original manuscripts and embark on an extensive restoration project. Meticulously reassembled from multiple extant drafts, Frank Chin’s “forgotten” novel is a sequel to The Chickencoop Chinaman and follows the further misadventures of Tam Lum, the original play’s witty protagonist.
Haunted by the bitter memories of a failed marriage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
Series
Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824847555
SKU
V9780824847555
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About Frank Chin
Frank Chin is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and cultural critic. Calvin McMillin is a writer, teacher, and scholar.
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