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The jade peony  Cover Image Book Book

The jade peony / Wayson Choy.

Summary:

"Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and ï??40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family."--Provided by the publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312155568 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 9781550544688 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1550544683 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0312155565 (hc)
  • Physical Description: 238 p. ; 20 cm. 278 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1997, c1995.
Subject: Chinese Canadians > Fiction.
Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) > History > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 19 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fernie Heritage Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fernie Heritage Library FIC CHO (Text) 35136000068966 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

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1001 . ‡aChoy, Wayson, ‡d1939-
24514. ‡aThe jade peony / ‡cWayson Choy.
260 . ‡aVancouver : ‡bDouglas & McIntyre, ‡c1997, c1995.
300 . ‡a238 p. ; ‡c20 cm.
300 . ‡a278 p. ; ‡c23 cm.
520 . ‡a"Chinatown, Vancouver, in the late 1930s and ï??40s provides the setting for this poignant first novel, told through the vivid and intense reminiscences of the three younger children of an immigrant family. They each experience a very different childhood, depending on age and sex, as they encounter the complexities of birth and death, love and hate, kinship and otherness. Mingling with the realities of Canada and the horror of war are the magic, ghosts, paper uncles and family secrets of Poh-Poh, or Grandmother, who is the heart and pillar of the family."--Provided by the publisher.
590 . ‡aULS ‡b2000 ‡c1995 ‡dChoy ‡fF ‡gB ‡5BPR
590 . ‡aadultfictionbookclub ‡5BSQ
590 . ‡aSet includes: 10 books, 1 pamphlet.
590 . ‡aCDN ll
594 . ‡a951122 jll / 960227 mr
650 0. ‡aChinese Canadians ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aChinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) ‡xHistory ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aDomestic fiction.
655 4. ‡aCanadian fiction.
655 0. ‡aPsychological fiction.
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2gsafd
913 . ‡aBKCT
901 . ‡a103235538 ‡bSITKA ‡c103235538 ‡tbiblio

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