How Much of These Hills Is Gold
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOKS OF THE YEARONE OF NPR'S BEST BOKS OF 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE A NATIONAL BOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONORE
NATIONAL BESTSELER
Belongs on a shelf all of its own. --NPR Outstanding. --The Washington Post
Revolutionary . . . A visionary addition to American literature. --Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it's about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.
Edith Maude Eaton (1865-1914), who took the pen name Sui Sin Far, was the first Asian American, man or woman, to publish fiction in the United States. The daughter of a Chinese mother and an English father, Eaton began publishing articles about Montreal's Chinese Canadian community in English-language newspapers at twenty-five. At thirty-three she moved to the United States, and, asserting her identity as a Chinese American writer (despite her ability to pass as white), published stories about Chinese Americans at a time when the United States Congress banned Chinese immigration to the United States.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780525537212 |
| ISBN 10 | 052553721X |
| Title | How Much of These Hills Is Gold |
| Author | C Pam Zhang |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2021-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2020 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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