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The jade peony [electronic resource] : a novel / Wayson Choy.

Summary:

Three siblings tell the stories of their very different childhoods in Vancouver's Chinatown before and during World War II.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781926706764 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1926706765 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
  • Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre, c1995

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Cover Image; Praise for The Jade Peony; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Author's Note; Epigraph; Part One: Jook-Liang, Only Sister; One; Two; Three; Part Two: Jung-Sum, Second Brother; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Part Three: Sek-Lung, Third Brother; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen; Fourteen; Fifteen; Acknowledgements; A Reading Group Guide for The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy;
Subject:
Chinese > Canada > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Poor families > Fiction.
Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) > Fiction.
FICTION / General
Brothers and sisters.
Chinese.
Poor families.
British Columbia > Vancouver > Chinatown.
Canada.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Fiction.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)

Electronic resources


Wayson Choy is the author of two novels and two memoirs. He was born and grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown, and now lives in Toronto.