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Typical American - Gish Jen
Typical American
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781417769131 (1417769130)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult, Novels, Academic, School, Literature, Cultural, Adult Fiction, American, Culture, Contemporary, Asian Literature, China
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Gish Jen's Typical American surveys a broad range of immigrant Chinese American experience, and is populated by round, psychologically complex characters interacting in believable and striking ways. Jen's flaw as an author might only be a flaw of the Chinese American community itself, a tendency to ...
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Typical American - Gish Jen
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Typical American - Gish Jen
Typical American - Gish Jen
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