Eat Everything Before You Die - 9780295984360
Un libro in lingua di Chan Jeffery Paul edito da Univ of Washington Pr, 2004
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In this original novel, Christopher Columbus Wong, orphan son of a Chinatown bachelor community, is trying to invent a family for himself while all around him American popular culture is reinventing itself with sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll. Christopher finds himself on a wild journey with his gay older brother, Peter, a pan-Pacific TV chef; the defrocked, deranged, and eroding ex-director of a Chinatown settlement house, Reverend Ted Candlewick; the sharp-eyed, conspiring matriarch Auntie Mary, the bridge between the conflicting values that make up this cultural stew; and Uncle Lincoln, a bachelor, short order cook, and, quite possibly, Christopher and Peter's father. Further complicating Christopher's voyage are his ex-wives: Winnie, a Hong Kong immigrant looking for a green card, and Melba, an American orphan of the counterculture.
Set against the backdrop of America's wars in Asia and the assimilation of that experience - the refugees, the stereotypes, the food - Eat Everything Before You Die is an ironic commentary on the identities the children of Chinese American immigrants concoct from their questionable histories, cultural practices, and survival strategies.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Eat Everything Before You Die
- Sottotitolo: A Chinaman In The Counterculture
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Chan Jeffery Paul
- Editore: Univ of Washington Pr
- Collana: Univ of Washington Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 31 Ottobre '04
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Chinese Americans Fiction Asian American gays Fiction Counterculture Fiction
- Pagine: 297
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0295984368
- EAN-13: 9780295984360