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Title:
The fortunes / Peter Ho Davies.
Author:
Davies, Peter Ho, 1966- author.
Publication Information:
Boston ; New York : Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Call Number:
PR6054.A89145 F67 2017
Abstract:
"Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. Inhabiting four lives--a railroad baron's valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood's first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption--this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive--as much through love as blood. "--Back cover.
Edition:
First Mariner Books edition.
ISBN:
9781328745484
Physical Description:
272 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author.
Contents:
Gold : celestial railroad -- Silver : your name in Chinese -- Jade : tell it slant -- Pearl : disorientation.
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