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AMERICAN KNEES.
by Wong, Shawn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684803046
- ISBN 13
- 9780684803043
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Equally uncomfortable with the expectations that family and society, Asian and non-Asian alike, have heaped upon them, 'lapsed' Chinese Raymond Ding and his beautiful, half-Japanese girlfriend Aurora Crane, try desperately--and comically--to fall out of love. Their dance of avoidance takes them through the perilous panorama of contemporary relationships, from arranged marriage to the politics of interracial dating, until they embrace the inevitable: that they are, as they appear, made for each other. Sexy, sophisticated, and hilarious, AMERICAN KNEES holds up a not entirely flattering, but ultimately forgiving mirror to multicultural society, redefining with grace and humor what it means to be ourselves and to belong. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. MLBS1
Synopsis
American Knees is a novel written by Shawn Wong, first published in 1995 by Simon & Schuster. It is currently published by the University of Washington Press (2005). Conceived as a cultural response to Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club, Wong's book shocked and excited readers with its groudbreaking depiction of an unapologetically sexy Asian American man and three complex women.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4223
- Title
- AMERICAN KNEES.
- Author
- Wong, Shawn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684803046
- ISBN 13
- 9780684803043
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 64mo - up to 3" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION ASIAN AMERICANS JUVENILE GENERAL PEOPLE PLACES UNITED STATES AMERICAN General
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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