De pioenroos
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789049500115 (9049500110)
Publish date: July 1st 2009
Publisher: De Vliegende Hollander
Pages no: 271
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Canada,
China,
Canadian Literature
I enjoyed this. It feels as though I took a trip - or rather three trips, since it consists of three linked first-person narratives - into a cultural place I knew nothing about, namely the Chinese community in Vancouver before and during WWII. While the three narratives are from the point of view of...
I would have liked this book better if it had not been narrated by children. That's just me. I got through it only because I love Asian culture and as a Vancouverite, could easily follow along with the descriptions of the settings. Part of what made this book a bit of a drag to read was the const...
8 years ago
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