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TYPICAL AMERICAN; Gish Jen
by Jen, Gish
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395546893
- ISBN 13
- 9780395546895
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page & dated Oct. 5, 2005, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an American flag collage with Chinese symbols (including a mini-portrait of Mao), 296 pages. Critically acclaimed debut novel by the now distinguished author. Gish Jen, born Lilian Jen, (1955 -) is a second generation Chinese American award-winning author of novels, short stories, and a speaker. This, her FIRST novel, TYPICAL AMERICAN, the Granta Regional Finalist, deals with multi-cultural issues affecting a Chinese-American immigrant family. It was nominated for a National Books Critics' Circle Award. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder marks.
Synopsis
Gish Jen is the author of the novels Typical American , Mona in the Promised Land , The Love Wife and Who’s Irish , a book of stories. Her honors include the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives with her husband and two children in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3807
- Title
- TYPICAL AMERICAN; Gish Jen
- Author
- Jen, Gish
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395546893
- ISBN 13
- 9780395546895
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- China, Chinese-Americans, San Francisco, marriage, sex, love, family,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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