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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
China Dog: And Other Tales from a Chinese Laundry

China Dog: And Other Tales from a Chinese Laundry

Bates, Judy Fong

Paperback

HumorGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1582431884
ISBN13: 9781582431888
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: Jun 13 2002
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.58 Depth: 8.59
Language: English
A chorus of immigrant voices populates Judy Fong Bates's graceful and poignant first collection. Denizens of the ubiquitous small towns around Ontario, as far from their native land as can be imagined yet united by their proximity to the local Chinese laundry, her characters have in common their driving desire to assimilate, to fit in, to belong to a majority culture. But they are also people trapped by a certain cultural pride in confronting a world that may feign acceptance while at the same time reminding them that they are other. In the words of the Toronto Globe and Mail, Judy Fong Bates's deceptively simple narratives expose the hopes and hardships that define her characters' lives. Her graceful writing is full of compassion, insight, and honesty; it opens our eyes to the commonality of what it is to be human.

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