China Men
#124 of 3,809 books · #66 in Biography & Memoir
Won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1981). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 2 other awards.
The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- ISBN-13
- 9780307787811
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1981)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1981)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1980)
Other awarded books from Maxine Hong Kingston
- The Woman Warrior: Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts (1976)2 wins · 17 score
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