About this title: Wittman Ah Sing is an unstoppable hipster poet and playwright on the streets of San Francisco, after the Beats have left and before the hippies have arrived. He falls in love with Nancy the Beautiful, marries Tana, and chases his dream to write and stage an epic drama spanning America and China.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679727897ISBN:0679727892
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Corner creases on front cover. Light edge wear. No marks. Tight, square book. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 352 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780679727897ISBN:0679727892
Description: As New. This book a either not been read or read gently because the book has no reading creases and looks like if just came off the new bookstore shelf. We ship everyday except Sunday and we guarantee your satisfaction. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394568317ISBN:0394568311
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: Knopf
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394568317ISBN:0394568311
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf 1989
Date published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780394568317ISBN:0394568311
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
"Underlines and bookmarks tear through my copy. Every time I read it a learn or see something new...totally wonderful example of asian american lit and more than that...a damn fine magical realism that transcends racial cultural boundaries."
"Reread multiple times. A sentimental favorite - Wittman Ah Sing was somewhat of a hero when I was an angry young teen, and he still remains one of the few literary characters with whom I honestly identify. There's a lot of brilliant passion, rage, and pride in Wittman that really spoke to me (still speaks, really). This is still, to me, the best emotional/psychological depiction of what it's like being American in a country that can't get over the "Chinese" prefacing my natural-born Yankee-ness. Also, some fabulous allusions to Journey to the West (my favorite Chinese classic). Also, it can get pretty hilarious.
Caveats: Plot's not the greatest (wavers, tapers), speeches ramble, and some of the allusions/criticisms are a little dated (but it does reinforce the story's time period). I probably wouldn't rate this so highly if it didn't have a lot of personal meaning."
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