The Jade Peony
Three siblings tell the stories of their very different childhoods in Vancouver's Chinatown before and during World War II.
Three siblings tell the stories of their very different childhoods in Vancouver's Chinatown before and during World War II.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781926706764 (1926706765)
Publish date: December 1st 2009
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
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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