美生中国人
American Born Chinese Douban Goodreads
杨谨伦
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Gene Luen Yang
translator:
郝瑨
publishing house:
陕西师范大学出版社
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Shaanxi Normal University Press
2008
- 10
other title:
美生中国人 (American Born Chinese)
As alienated kids go, Jin Wang is fairly run-of-the-mill: he eats lunch by himself in a corner of the schoolyard, gets picked on by bullies and jocks, and develops a sweat-inducing crush on a pretty classmate. And, oh, yes, his parents are from Taiwan. This much-anticipated, affecting story about growing up different is more than just the story of a Chinese-American childhood; it's a fable for every kid born into a body and a life they wished they could escape. The fable is filtered through some very specific cultural icons: the much-beloved Monkey King, a figure familiar to Chinese kids the world over, and a buck-toothed amalgamation of racist stereotypes named Chin-Kee. True to its origin as a Web comic, this story's clear, concise lines and expert coloring are deceptively simple, yet expressive. Yang accomplishes the remarkable feat of practicing what he preaches with this book: accept who you are and you'll already have reached out to others.