| Description |
1041 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Library of America Series ; 355 |
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Library of America ; 355.
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| Contents |
The Woman Warrior - China Men - Tripmaster Monkey : His Fake Book - Hawai'i One Summer - Essays, Reviews & Poems 1977-87. |
| Summary |
"Since exploding onto the literary stage with The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston has, in book after book, made words sing and soar, search and scorch. But she is more than a writer's writer. She is writer as pioneer, writer as visionary, writer as bringer of peace. A champion, not so much of irony and wit as of love and compassion, she has often worked as much through aura as words--paradoxically cutting, as she does, a most singular and challenging swath. She is a gift to all, a national treasure and an American original." -- Gish Jen |
| Awards |
National Book Award, Distinguished Contribution to American Letters for author, 2008. |
| Subject |
Kingston, Maxine Hong.
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Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Childhood and youth.
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Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.
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Women's rights.
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Chinese Americans -- California -- Social life and customs.
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Chinese Americans -- History.
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United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Essays.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Nguỹên, Truòng Thanh, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781598537246 cloth |
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1598537245 cloth |
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