The Confessions of a Number One Son: The Great Chinese American Novel (Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0824838920 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Frank Chin, a pioneer of Asian American literature I like so much Richard I have been doing research on Frank Chin, whom I am very interested in. He is a pioneer of Asian American literature.
His first two plays, The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon, remain seminal works in the history of Asian American theater. Frank Chin is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and cultural critic. Born in Singapore and raised in rural Oklahoma, he received his PhD in literature from the Univers
--The International Examiner . Its publication now should spur renewed interest and a critical reevaluation of the entirety of Frank Chin's work, and cement his literary legacy. This heretofore unknown work captures the birth of a consciousness that is neither Asian or white American, but a third thing we witness being forged in the mind of its author
Now, some forty years after its initial conception, The Confessions of a Number One Son is finally available to readers everywhere.. Haunted by the bitter memories of a failed marriage and the untimely death of a beloved family member, Tam flees San Francisco’s Chinatown for a life of self-imposed exile on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Thanks in no small part to this bizarre father/daughter pair, not to mention an array of equally quirky locals, Tam soon discovers that his otherwise laidback island existence has been transformed into a farce of epic proportions. Meticulously reassembled from multiple extant drafts, Frank Chin’s “forgotten” novel is a sequel to The Chickencoop Chinaman and follows the further misadventures of Tam Lum, the original play’s witty protagonist. After burning his sole copy of a manuscript he believed would someday be hailed as “The Great Chinese American Novel,” Tam stumbles into an unlikely romance with Lily, a former nun fresh out of the convent and looking for love. In the process, he also develops an unusual friendship with Lily’s father, a washed-up Hollywood a