Saturday, September 10, 2016

Peter Ho Davies’ ‘The Fortunes’ spins stories from Chinese-American struggles | Books | Dallas News

how did may-lee chai sneak me into her review of Peter Ho Davies' new book, and as a scholar, no less
It was not jokes and wishful thinking but the hard work of Chinese-American scholars and activists who made life better for Chinese-Americans. While Ho Davies thanks many real-life Chinese-American academics and writers like Anthony B. Chan and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in his acknowledgments, there are no major characters in the novel who play this important role.
Peter Ho Davies’ ‘The Fortunes’ spins stories from Chinese-American struggles | Books | Dallas News

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