Title:
American visa : short stories / by Wang Ping.
ISBN:
9781566890250
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 1994.
Physical Description:
179 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Lipstick -- Revenge -- Lishao Village -- The story of Ju -- Subway rhapsody -- My aunt-in-law -- Fox smell -- Chu Jia -- American visa -- Lotus -- Song of Four Seasons.
Summary:
The collection of stories follows a Chinese woman in key moments of her life-- from the child who discovers a contraband lipstick during the Cultural Revolution to the young woman in America who finally obtains her green card. On the way, the reader discovers such Chinese cultural concepts as chu jai, whereby no matter how successful, a woman is without a home until she is married. The author is a Chinese immigrant and this is her first book.
OCLC Number:
ocm30475426
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
