Understanding Gish Jen |
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| Author:
| Ho, Jennifer Ann |
| Series title: | Understanding Contemporary American Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61117-588-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Traces the evolution of Gish Jen's career, her themes, and the development of her narrative voice. In the process Jennifer Ann Ho shows why Jen's observations about life in the United States, though revealed through the perspectives of her Asian American and Asian immigrant characters, resonate with a variety of audiences who find themselves reflected in Jen's accounts of love, grief, desire, and disappointment.
Traces the evolution of Gish Jen's career, her themes, and the development of her narrative voice. In the process Jennifer Ann Ho shows why Jen's observations about life in the United States, though revealed through the perspectives of her Asian American and Asian immigrant characters, resonate with a variety of audiences who find themselves reflected in Jen's accounts of love, grief, desire, and disappointment.