Wooden Fish Songs - A Novel (Paperback, 1st University of Washington paperback ed)

"Wooden fish songs" were the laments sung by Chinese women left behind by husbands, sons, and brothers who, in the nineteenth century, sailed to America in quest of the good life - and found instead years of indentured servitude and racial discrimination. This novel focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." The story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks, is told not by himself but by the women who cared most about him: his mother in China, a New England spinster who loved him, and a friend and coworker who was the daughter of slaves. Ruthanne Lum McCunn brings her characters to life against a backdrop that ranges from China, with its deep roots in tradition, to the stern imperatives of a New England mill town and to 1870s Florida, where Lue developed the new species of frost-hardy oranges for which he is today remembered. First published in 1995, this new edition includes an introduction by King-Kok Cheung, University of California, Los Angeles, and an afterword by the author. For more information about the author go to http://www.mccunn.com/

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Foreword by:	King-Kok Cheung
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	408
Edition:	1st University of Washington paperback ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-98714-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-295-98714-6
Barcode:	9780295987149

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