American knees
by Wong, Shawn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
[New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition, 8vo, pp. 240; white paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by Wong to poet John Rezmerski.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50253
- Title
- American knees
- Author
- Wong, Shawn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- [New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Asian Americans , , ,
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