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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780375705922
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375705929
ISBN-13
9780375705922
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1658245
Product Key Features
Book Title
Who's Irish? : Stories
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Family Life, Asian American
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Jen's gift is for comedy that resonates, and sadnesses that arise with perfect timing from absurdities. Her subject matter is so appealing, it almost obscures the power and suppleness of her language."--The New York Times Book Review "Gish Jen's fiction is always engaging, always necessary."--Newsday, "Jen's gift is for comedy that resonates, and sadnesses that arise with perfect timing from absurdities. Her subject matter is so appealing, it almost obscures the power and suppleness of her language."-- The New York Times Book Review "Gish Jen's fiction is always engaging, always necessary."-- Newsday
Table Of Content
Who's Irish Birthmates The Water Faucet Vision Duncan in China Just Wait Chin In the American Society House, House, House
Synopsis
The stories in Who's Irish? show us the children of immigrants looking wonderingly at their parents' efforts to assimilate, while the older generation asks how so much selfless hard work on their part can have yielded them offspring who'd sooner drop out of life than succeed at it. With dazzling wit and compassion, Gish Jen--author of the acclaimed novels Typical American and Mona in the Promised Land --looks at ambition and compromise at century's end and finds that much of the action is as familiar--and as strange--as the things we know to be most deeply true about ourselves., In this dazzling collection of short stories, the award-winning author of the acclaimed novels Thank You, Mr. Nixon and Mona in the Promised Land --presents a "sparkling ... gently satiric look at the American Dream and its fallout on those who pursue it" ( The New York Times ). The stories in Who's Irish? show us the children of immigrants looking wonderingly at their parents' efforts to assimilate, while the older generation asks how so much selfless hard work on their part can have yielded them offspring who'd sooner drop out of life than succeed at it. With dazzling wit and compassion, Gish Jen looks at ambition and compromise at century's end and finds that much of the action is as familiar--and as strange--as the things we know to be most deeply true about ourselves., In this dazzling collection of short stories, the award-winning author of the acclaimed novels Thank You, Mr. Nixon and Mona in the Promised Land --presents a sparkling ... gently satiric look at the American Dream and its fallout on those who pursue it ( The New York Times ). The stories in Who's Irish? show us the children of immigrants looking wonderingly at their parents' efforts to assimilate, while the older generation asks how so much selfless hard work on their part can have yielded them offspring who'd sooner drop out of life than succeed at it. With dazzling wit and compassion, Gish Jen looks at ambition and compromise at century's end and finds that much of the action is as familiar--and as strange--as the things we know to be most deeply true about ourselves.
LC Classification Number
PS3570.A48
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