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Wayson ChoyShortlisted for the Governor General's Award
A startlingly vivid memoir of a Chinatown childhood by the author of the award-winning novel The Jade Peony.
Three weeks before his 57th birthday, novelist Wayson Choy received a surprising phone call during his publicity tour: a mysterious woman told him that he had been adopted. Inspired by this astonishing revelation, this beautifully-wrought memoir reveals uncanny similarities between the colorful secrets that enrich Wayson Choy's award-winning novel set in prewar Chinatown and the subsequently discovered secrets of his own life.
A startlingly vivid memoir of a Chinatown childhood by the author of the award-winning novel The Jade Peony.
Three weeks before his 57th birthday, novelist Wayson Choy received a surprising phone call during his publicity tour: a mysterious woman told him that he had been adopted. Inspired by this astonishing revelation, this beautifully-wrought memoir reveals uncanny similarities between the colorful secrets that enrich Wayson Choy's award-winning novel set in prewar Chinatown and the subsequently discovered secrets of his own life.
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Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award
A startlingly vivid memoir of a Chinatown childhood by the author of the award-winning novel The Jade Peony.
Three weeks before his 57th birthday, novelist Wayson Choy received a surprising phone call during his publicity tour: a mysterious woman told him that he had been adopted. Inspired by this astonishing revelation, this beautifully-wrought memoir reveals uncanny similarities between the colorful secrets that enrich Wayson Choy's award-winning novel set in prewar Chinatown and the subsequently discovered secrets of his own life.
A startlingly vivid memoir of a Chinatown childhood by the author of the award-winning novel The Jade Peony.
Three weeks before his 57th birthday, novelist Wayson Choy received a surprising phone call during his publicity tour: a mysterious woman told him that he had been adopted. Inspired by this astonishing revelation, this beautifully-wrought memoir reveals uncanny similarities between the colorful secrets that enrich Wayson Choy's award-winning novel set in prewar Chinatown and the subsequently discovered secrets of his own life.
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Imprint | Picador USA |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2000 |
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Authors | Wayson Choy |
Dimensions | 217 x 148 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket |
Pages | 352 |
Edition | Us ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-312-26218-1 |
Barcode | 9780312262181 |
Categories | |
LSN | 0-312-26218-3 |
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