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We Two Alone

By Jack Wang

We Two Alone Books

We Two Alone

By Jack Wang

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Praised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant debut collection, in the vein of The Refugees, which dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years. Set on five continents and spanning decades, We Two Alone traces the arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience. A young laundry boy risks his life, pretending to be a girl to play organized hockey in Canada in the 1920s. A Canadian couple is caught when Shanghai succumbs to violence during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A family sttempts to buy a home in South Africa in the early years of apartheid. An actor in New York struggles to keep his career alive while yearning to reconcile with his estranged wife.
From the vulnerable and disenfranchised to the educated and privileged, the characters in this extraordinary collection embody the diversity of the Chinese diaspora past and present. In these deeply affecting stories, Jack Wang subverts expectations as he captures the hope, pain, and sacrifices of the millions who journey into the unknown to create better lives, and explores the shifting boundaries of morality, the intimacies and failings of love, and the choices circumstances force us to make.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2022-06-14
Publication Date:
2022-06-14
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0063081792
ISBN13:
9780063081796
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
226 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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