Short Girls
Autor Bich Minh Nguyenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iun 2010
The authentic and compassionate first novel about two sisters from the author of the acclaimed memoir Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Called "A writer to watch, a tremendous talent" by the Chicago Tribune, Bich Minh Nguyen makes her fiction debut with the deeply moving and entertaining story of two Vietnamese sisters. Aside from their petite stature, Van and Linny Luong couldn't be more different. Diligent, unassuming Van works as an immigration lawyer in the Michigan suburbs where she resides with her handsome, Chinese-American lawyer husband. Beautiful, fashionable Linny lives in Chicago and has drifted into an affair with a married man. When Van's picture-perfect marriage collapses and Linny finds herself grappling to escape her dead-end life, the long-estranged sisters are unable to confide in one another- until their eccentric inventor father calls them back home to the Vietnamese American community they fled long ago.
Called "A writer to watch, a tremendous talent" by the Chicago Tribune, Bich Minh Nguyen makes her fiction debut with the deeply moving and entertaining story of two Vietnamese sisters. Aside from their petite stature, Van and Linny Luong couldn't be more different. Diligent, unassuming Van works as an immigration lawyer in the Michigan suburbs where she resides with her handsome, Chinese-American lawyer husband. Beautiful, fashionable Linny lives in Chicago and has drifted into an affair with a married man. When Van's picture-perfect marriage collapses and Linny finds herself grappling to escape her dead-end life, the long-estranged sisters are unable to confide in one another- until their eccentric inventor father calls them back home to the Vietnamese American community they fled long ago.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143117506
ISBN-10: 0143117505
Pagini: 302
Dimensiuni: 129 x 197 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 0143117505
Pagini: 302
Dimensiuni: 129 x 197 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
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Notă biografică
Bich Minh Nguyen is the author of three books: the memoir Stealing Buddha's Dinner and the novels Short Girls and Pioneer Girl. Her awards and honors include an American Book Award, a PEN/Jerard Award from the PEN American Center, a Bread Loaf fellowship, and best book of the year honors from the Chicago Tribune and Library Journal. Nguyen's work has also appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and Literary Hub. Nguyen received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, where she won Hopwood Awards in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She has taught at Purdue University and the University of San Francisco and is currently a professor in the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Descriere
Hailed by the "Chicago Tribune" as a tremendous talent, Nguyen infuses her first novel with humor, compassion, and insight, as she explores the story of estranged sisters and the cultural and family history that binds them.
Recenzii
A
funny,
heart-warming
take
on
family
unity
and
cultural
identity
Loaded with tender charm and wry, lightly observed insights
A smoothly pleasurable read
Fans of Amy Tan and Monica Ali will loveShort Girls, which has already been dubbed a VietnameseThe Joy Luck Club
An intelligent, bittersweet debut novel
Nguyen is an amusing observer of assimilation angst...this gentle-comedy of inter-generational strife is a polished and poised affair
Loaded with tender charm and wry, lightly observed insights
A smoothly pleasurable read
Fans of Amy Tan and Monica Ali will loveShort Girls, which has already been dubbed a VietnameseThe Joy Luck Club
An intelligent, bittersweet debut novel
Nguyen is an amusing observer of assimilation angst...this gentle-comedy of inter-generational strife is a polished and poised affair