Typical American
by Jen, Gish
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.
- ISBN 10
- 0395546893
- ISBN 13
- 9780395546895
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1991. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0395546893 . Inscribed by the author on the title page. The author's first novel, about Chinese immigrants to America, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Author photo on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
Synopsis
Gish Jen is the author of the novels Typical American , Mona in the Promised Land , The Love Wife and Who’s Irish , a book of stories. Her honors include the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives with her husband and two children in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47033
- Title
- Typical American
- Author
- Jen, Gish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395546893
- ISBN 13
- 9780395546895
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 0395546893, Chinese, Americans, 1990s Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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