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9%OFFRuthanne Lum McCunn - Wooden Fish Songs: A Novel - 9780295987149 - V9780295987149
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Wooden Fish Songs: A Novel

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Description for Wooden Fish Songs: A Novel paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.

“Wooden fish songs” were the laments sung by Chinese women left behind by husbands, sons, and brothers who, in the nineteenth century, sailed to America in quest of the good life – and found instead years of indentured servitude and racial discrimination. This novel focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America’s “Gold Mountain.” The story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks, is told not by himself but by the women who cared most about him: his mother in China, a New ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295987149
SKU
V9780295987149
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About Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Ruthanne Lum McCunn is the author of the highly acclaimed novel Thousand Pieces of Gold, as well as a pictorial history, Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories, 1828-1988. She was born in San Francisco's Chinatown and grew up in Hong Kong. She currently lives in San Francisco.For more information about the author go to http://www.mccunn.com/

Reviews for Wooden Fish Songs: A Novel
"Rich and beautiful storytelling, full of cultural nuance and finely crafted characters."
Booklist
"Impressively researched and richly portrayed. . . . An inspiring story."
San Francisco Chronicle
"The author's remarkable literary achievement here is that she has created the distinct voices of three very different characters who belong to, and who express, the traditions and values ... Read more

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