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Typical American (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Gish Jen

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Paperback · 304 pages Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 2008

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Typical American (Vintage Contemporaries)

From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of Mona in the Promised Land and Thank You, Mr. Nixon comes a comic masterpiece, an insightful novel of immigrants experiencing the triumphs and trials of American life.

Gish Jen reinvents the American immigrant story through the Chang family, who first come to the United States with no intention of staying. When the Communists assume control of China in 1949, though, Ralph Chang, his sister Theresa, and his wife Helen, find themselves in a crisis. At first, they cling to their old-world ideas of themselves.  But as they begin to dream the American dream of self-invention, they move poignantly and ironically from people who disparage all that is “typical American” to people who might be seen as typically American themselves. With droll humor and a deep empathy for her characters, Gish Jen creates here a superbly engrossing story that resonates with wit and wisdom even as it challenges the reader to reconsider what a typical American might be today.

The book, Typical American (Vintage Contemporaries) [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780307389220 in Paperback by Gish Jen may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Author
Gish Jen
Format
Paperback
Published
Jan 8, 2008
ISBN-13
9780307389220
ISBN-10
0307389227
Pages
304
Carton quantity
24 copies
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