Slow Boat to China and Other Stories

Slow Boat to China and Other Stories
Author :
Publisher : Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
Total Pages : 276
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0231168128
ISBN-13 : 9780231168120
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Slow Boat to China and Other Stories by : Jinshu Huang

Download or read book Slow Boat to China and Other Stories written by Jinshu Huang and published by Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. This book was released on 2016 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ng Kim Chew's stories are raw, rural, and rich with the traditions of his native Malaysia. They are also full of humor and spirit, demonstrating a deep appreciation for human ingenuity in the face of poverty, oppression, and exile. Ng Kim Chew creatively captures the riot of cultures that roughly coexist on the Malay Peninsula. In prose that is intimate and atmospheric, these stories depict the struggles of individuals torn between their ancestral and adoptive homes.


Slow Boat to China and Other Stories Related Books

Slow Boat to China and Other Stories
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Jinshu Huang
Categories: Electronic book
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ng Kim Chew's stories are raw, rural, and rich with the traditions of his native Malaysia. They are also full of humor and spirit, demonstrating a deep apprecia
Slow Boat to China and Other Stories
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: Kim Chew Ng
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-01 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Dream and Swine and Aurora," "Deep in the Rubber Forest," "Fish Bones," "Allah's Will," "Monkey Butts, Fire, and Dangerous Things"—Ng Kim Chew's stories are
Slow Boats to China
Language: en
Pages: 565
Authors: Gavin Young
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-04 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Seven months and twenty-three agreeably ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey
Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Hideo Furukawa
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-01 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were weari
Fast Boat to China
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Andrew Ross
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-12 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-te