| Edition |
First Mariner books edition. |
| Description |
272 pages ; 21 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author. |
| Contents |
Gold : celestial railroad -- Silver : your name in Chinese -- Jade : tell it slant -- Pearl : disorientation. |
| Summary |
"Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. Inhabiting four lives--a railroad baron's valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood's first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption--this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive--as much through love as blood."--Back cover. |
| Awards |
Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award --for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity ; winner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize |
| Subject |
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961 -- Fiction.
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Chin, Vincent, -1982 -- Fiction.
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Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
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Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Fiction.
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California -- Fiction.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
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Chin, Vincent, -1982. (OCoLC)fst01812421
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Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961. (OCoLC)fst00250378
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Chinese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00857249
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Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity.
(OCoLC)fst00857261
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California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
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Michigan -- Detroit.
(OCoLC)fst01205010
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
1328745481 (paperback) |
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9781328745484 (paperback) |
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9780544263703 (hardback) |
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