About this title: Kingston, in this sequel to WOMAN WARRIOR, writes about the building of the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese men who worked on the project, including her father and various male ancestors.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780345294821ISBN:0345294823
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. The cover has moderate shelf & edge wear with creases at the lower corner. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394424637ISBN:0394424638
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, acetate over dust jacket, library stamps & stickers, stk #2624e9. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 308 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394424637ISBN:0394424638
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo. {006443} China Men by Maxine Kingston. ISBN 0394424638. Published by Alfred a Knopf Inc in 1980. HARD COVER 8vo {Book Condition} GOOD {Jacket Condition} GOOD {Jacket Condition Details} edge wear, chipping, soiling, short tear(s), creasing, scuffing. {Book Condition Details} Binding: bumped ends, Cover: edge wear, minor soiling, rubbing, Text: light tanning, soiled page edge(s), minor creasing. {Keywords} CHINA SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS FAMILY. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394424637ISBN:0394424638
Description: Good in Fair jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, 310 pages; tight; no markings; wee hint of age-tanning; minor wear to book; dj pricetagged and rather edgeworn. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780345294821ISBN:0345294823
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean unmarked interior. Light cover wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0394424638 First edition. Binding in excellent condition. Dustjacket in very good condition. Pages are slightly tanned. Thanks for your business! read more
"This was probably my very first introduction to Asian reading and I loved it! It was so interesting to read about a different culture and that kept me turning pages."
"I didn't really get into this book as much as I had hoped. I wrote on Maxine Hong-Kingston's The Woman Warrior as my senior thesis so I am familiar with her work and style. Hong-Kingston weaves together myth and fact as she recounts the stories of Chinese male immigrants to the United States, from as early as the gold rush and railroad construction to the 1990s. The narratives are detailed, vivid and suggest a mythical historical memory. Her descriptions of the railroad construction by Chinese men and the confusion of the Communist revolution are particularly compelling, but some of the latter stories in the novel were less interesting."
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