The Chinese groove : a novel
- Author/Creator:
- Ma, Kathryn, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2023
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- First Counterpoint edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The Chinese groove : a novel / Kathryn Ma.
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Novels
Bildungsromans
Domestic fiction
Historical fiction - Subjects:
- Immigrants--Fiction
Families--Fiction
Asian Americans--Fiction
American Dream--Fiction
Family members
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 296 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937697783602486
- ISBN:
- 9781640095663
1640095667 - OCLC Number:
- 1317751797
- Barcode:
- 010003534284
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