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Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston (1989, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679721886
ISBN-139780679721888
eBay Product ID (ePID)465100

Product Key Features

Book TitleWoman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Folklore & Mythology, General, Women's Studies
Publication Year1989
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMaxine Hong Kingston
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN77-003246
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Intense, fierce and disturbing . . . A strange, sometimes savagely terrifying and, in the literal sense, wonderful story." -- The Washington Post "Remarkable. . . . As an account of growing up female and Chinese-American . . . it is anti-nostalgic. . . . As a dream--of the 'female avenger'--it is dizzying, elemental, a poem turned into a sword." -- The New York Times "A classic, for a reason" -- Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts , via Twitter "Superb. . . . We are in the presence of a splendid raconteur, who shares with us the myths and stories that emerge from the lode of a culture's deepest realities." -- Chicago Tribune "Triumphant . . . astonishingly accomplished." -- Time, "Intense, fierce and disturbing . . . A strange, sometimes savagely terrifying and, in the literal sense, wonderful story." -- The Washington Post   "Remarkable. . . . As an account of growing up female and Chinese-American . . . it is anti-nostalgic. . . . As a dream--of the 'female avenger'--it is dizzying, elemental, a poem turned into a sword." -- The New York Times "Superb. . . . We are in the presence of a splendid raconteur, who shares with us the myths and stories that emerge from the lode of a culture's deepest realities." -- Chicago Tribune   "Triumphant . . . astonishingly accomplished." -- Time
Dewey Decimal979.4/61/050924
Synopsis"A classic, for a reason" - Celeste Ng via Twitter In her award-winning book The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston created an entirely new form--an exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities--immigrant, female, Chinese, American. As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present., NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities--immigrant, female, Chinese, American. * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER "A classic, for a reason." --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts , via Twitter As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present., NATIONAL BESTSELLER - An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities--immigrant, female, Chinese, American. - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER "A classic, for a reason." --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts , via Twitter As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present.

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