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At first, they cling to their old-world ideas of themselves.

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ISBN	9780307389220
Book Title	Typical American
Book Series	Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Publisher	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length	8 in
Publication Year	2008
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Item Height	0.6 in
Author	Gish Jen
Genre	Fiction
Topic	Cultural Heritage, General, Literary, Asian American
Item Weight	7.8 Oz
Item Width	5.2 in
Number of Pages	304 Pages

Typical American, Paperback by Jen, Gish, ISBN 0307389227, ISBN-13 9780307389220, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USFrom the beloved author of Mona in the Promised Land and The Love Wife comes this comic masterpiece, an insightful novel of immigrants experiencing the triumphs and trials of American life. Gish Jen reinvents the American immigrant story through the Chang family, who first come to the United States with no intention of staying. When the Communists assume control of China in 1949, though, Ralph Chang, his sister Theresa, and his wife Helen, find themselves in a crisis. At first, they cling to their old-world ideas of themselves.  But as they begin to dream the American dream of self-invention, they move poignantly and ironically from people who disparage all that is “typical American” to people who might be seen as typically American themselves. With droll humor and a deep empathy for her characters, Gish Jen creates here a superbly engrossing story that resonates with wit and wisdom even as it challenges the reader to reconsider what a typical American might be today.