The Jade Peony
by Wayson Choy
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- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0312186924
- ISBN 13
- 9780312186920
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About This Item
Picador, 1998. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
The Jade Peony is a novel by Wayson Choy. It was first published in 1995 by Douglas and McIntyre. The novel features stories told by three siblings, Jook-Liang, Jung-Sum and Sek-Lung or Sekky. Each child tells their own unique story, revealing their personal flaws and differences. Set in Vancouver's Chinatown, the novel also explores the ways in which the Chinese and majority of Canadians once viewed the Japanese. Takes place in the war times
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- Title
- The Jade Peony
- Author
- Wayson Choy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312186924
- ISBN 13
- 9780312186920
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
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