Girl in Translation
«Warm, affecting, a compelling pleasure. Manages that rare fictional feat of shifting forever the angle from which you look at the world»
Daily Mail
New York Times bestseller Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is a powerful story about a Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn.Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780141042749
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Warm, affecting, a compelling pleasure. Manages that rare fictional feat of shifting forever the angle from which you look at the world»
Daily Mail
«A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account . . . has the unmistakable ring of authenticity»
Metro
«Deceptively delicate . . . the stumbling endurance of Kimberley, the bond between mother and daughter, and the clever use of Chinese culture and tradition make for more than a salutary read»
Guardian
«Incredibly honest and powerful, written with unflinching directness . . . a truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters»
Easy Living
«Engagingly narrated, irresistible»
Independent
«Astonishing»
Vogue