Girl in Translation
$31.28
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2011
Summary
A deeply moving tale, uniquely told, of a young immigrant girl exiled in language and struggling to flourish and belong in New York City.
Kimberly Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them—making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt. And neither speaks one word of English.
Yet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141042749 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141042745 |
| Author: | Jean Kwok |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Astonishing
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 *
About The Author
Jean Kwok
Jean Kwok was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Brooklyn, New York as a child. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard and completed an MFA in fiction at Columbia University. After working as an English teacher and Dutch-English translator at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Jean now writes full-time. This is her first novel.
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