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We two alone : a novella and stories

Wang, Jack 1972- (Author).

A collection of stories that tell the Chinese immigrant experience in the last century, across five continents."Set on three continents and spanning nearly a century, We Two Alone traces the long arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience. A young laundry boy risks his life to play organized hockey in Canada in the 1920s. A Canadian couple gets caught in the outbreak of violence in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Consul General of China attempts to save lives following Kristallnacht in Vienna. An actor in New York struggles to keep his career alive while yearning to reconcile with his estranged wife. From the poor and disenfranchised to the educated and elite, the characters in this extraordinary collection embody the diversity of the diaspora at key moments in history and in contemporary times. Jack Wang has crafted deeply affecting stories that not only subvert expectations but contend with mortality and delicately draw out the intimacies and failings of love.

Book  - 2020
FIC Wang
1 copy / 0 on hold

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  • ISBN: 1487007469
  • ISBN: 9781487007461
  • Physical Description print
    282 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher [Toronto] : House of Anansi Press Inc., 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Short stories.
Canadian author.
Formatted Contents Note: The Valkyries -- The nature of things -- The night of broken glass -- Everything in between -- Belsize Park -- Allhallows -- We two alone.