About this title: American Knees is about relationships, sex, work, and family obligations. In other words, it's about life. "American Knees (a takeoff on the old schoolyard song, 'Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees...') is the story of how Raymond Ding, a politically correct man with a politically incorrect sense of humor, falls into, and out of, love with newspaper photographer Aurora Crane. As Raymond and Aurora's story unfolds, Wong crafts some wonderfully telling and funny scenes of social relations in multicultural America." Seattle Weekly "Wong overturns the racial stereotypes perpetrated against Asians in ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822754ISBN:068482275X
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Dampstain to bottom first few pages. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1995-08-01
ISBN-13:9780684803043ISBN:0684803046
Description: Very Good. x-lib w/ markings, mylar dj over original scuffed, clean & tight pgs, Shipped in bubble mailer unless it is a real expensive item. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 1996-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822754ISBN:068482275X
Description: Good. A NICE edition, USEFUL! Some smudge to the page edge, a bit of smudge to the cover. Light scuff to the paperback cover and the page edge, this book is in PRESENTABLE condition. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780684822754ISBN:068482275X
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall read more
Description: Good. 068482275X 21041 PB; spine creased, text has light underlining, cover has moderate shelf/edge wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media m a i l. wt1lbpf. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Simon & Schuster,, N. Y.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684803043ISBN:0684803046
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with usual library distinctions. The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear...............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
"i've just realized - on page 70 - that the characters and some scenes seemed strangely familiar and i was trying to find out if i had read any other novel on asian americans and their interracial love affairs until being finally sure that i've already read "American Knees" about a year ago......not too much of a compliment for a book if one doesn't remember it in the first place, and to be honest i remembered most the dullness of the style - may be a fault of the german translation, though. first i thought that maybe the book was more interesting for asian americans, but in the end a good novel should be able to touch anyone notwithstanding his background and that's what Shawn Wong has failed to achieve at least with me...."
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