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Mona in the Promised Land : A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Mona in the Promised Land A Novel - Vintage Contemporaries
Author: Gish Jen
In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, where the Chinese have become "the new Jews." What could be more natural than for Mona to take this lite...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679776505
ISBN-10: 0679776508
Publication Date: 4/1/1997
Pages: 320
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3.3 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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An interesting confrontation of cultures, a bold narrative voice.
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Interesting tale of a girl trying to find her identity. Deals with relavent issues through the mind of a teenage girl.
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Hilarious...really accurate portrait of first-generation born in US children. Don't miss the Gish Jen's previous book, "Typical American" which is about Mona's father, Ralph, and his coming-to-America story.
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A classic of the American-chinese genre.


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