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The Confessions of a Number One Son - The Great Chinese American Novel (Hardcover)
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The Confessions of a Number One Son - The Great Chinese American Novel (Hardcover)
Series: Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies
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In the early 1970s, Frank Chin, the outspoken Chinese American
author of such plays as The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of
the Dragon, wrote a fulllength novel that was never published and
presumably lost. Nearly four decades later, Calvin McMillin, a
literary scholar specializing in Asian American literature,would
discover Chin’s original manuscripts and embark on an extensive
restoration project. Meticulously reassembled from multiple extant
drafts, Frank Chin’s “forgotten” novel is a sequel to The
Chickencoop Chinaman and follows the further misadventures of Tam
Lum, the original play’s witty protagonist. Haunted by the bitter
memories of a failed marriage and the untimely death of a beloved
family member, Tam flees San Francisco’s Chinatown for a life of
self-imposed exile on the Hawaiian island of Maui. After burning
his sole copy of a manuscript he believed would someday be hailed
as “The Great Chinese American Novel,” Tam stumbles into an
unlikely romance with Lily, a former nun fresh out of the convent
and looking for love. In the process, he also develops an unusual
friendship with Lily’s father, a washed-up Hollywood actor once
famous for portraying Charlie Chan on the big screen. Thanks in no
small part to this bizarre father/daughter pair, not to mention an
array of equally quirky locals, Tam soon discovers that his
otherwise laidback island existence has been transformed into a
farce of epic proportions. Had it been published in the 1970s as
originally intended, The Confessions of a Number One Son might have
changed the face of Asian American literature as we know it.
Written at the height of Frank Chin’s creative powers, this
formerly “lost” novel ranks as the author’s funniest, most
powerful, and most poignant work to date. Now, some forty years
after its initial conception, The Confessions of a Number One Son
is finally available to readers everywhere.
General
Imprint: |
University of Hawaii Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
Authors: |
Frank Chin
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Editors: |
Calvin McMillin
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8248-4755-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
0-8248-4755-5 |
Barcode: |
9780824847555 |
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