Isbn: 9780679445890 - mona in the promised land (54 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, where the Chinese have become the new Jews. What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally--even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple rap sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page of Mona in the Promised Land, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's. A shining example of a multicultural message delivered with the wit and bite of art.Gish Jen creates a particular world where dim sum is as American as apple pie.--Los Angeles Times.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, where the Chinese have become the new Jews. What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally--even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple rap sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page of Mona in the Promised Land, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's. A shining example of a multicultural message delivered with the wit and bite of art.Gish Jen creates a particular world where dim sum is as American as apple pie.--Los Angeles Times.…

hardcover. Condición: Good.

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Hardback. Condición: Good. In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, where the Chinese have become the new Jews. What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally--even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple rap sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page of Mona in the Promised Land, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's. A shining example of a multicultural message delivered with the wit and bite of art.Gish Jen creates a particular world where dim sum is as American as apple pie.--Los Angeles Times.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. In this ebullient and inventive novel, Gish Jen restores multiculturalism from high concept to a fact of life. At least that's what it becomes for teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York, where the Chinese have become the new Jews. What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally--even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple rap sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page of Mona in the Promised Land, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's. A shining example of a multicultural message delivered with the wit and bite of art.Gish Jen creates a particular world where dim sum is as American as apple pie.--Los Angeles Times.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condición: Good. 1st ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condición: Good. 1st ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Book- Very Good. Dust Jacket- Very Good. 303 pp. All books are clean and unmarked unless stated.

hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated). REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip and promotional piece laid in. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A notably clean and unread copy.

Wrappers. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Advance Reading Copy. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket. Advance Reading Copy. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nice copy, minor highlighting and front and rear covers have corners with fold creases.

Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. 1st. 303pp. DJ: light wear.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. First Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st. 303 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Condición: As New. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Knopf, New York, 1996.First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good in Dustjacket. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1996. May 1996. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0679445897. 307 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. keywords: Asian American Literature Women. DESCRIPTION - It is 1968, the dawn of the age of ethnicity: African Americans are turning Chinese, Jews are turning black, and though some nice Chinese girls are turning more Chinese, teenaged Mona Chang is turning Jewish, much to her parents' chagrin. The Chang family has just moved to posh Scarshill, New York, where the rhododendrons are as big as the Chang family's old bathroom, and no one trims the forsythia into little can shapes. This takes some getting used to, especially since there's also a new social landscape, with a hot line, a mystery caller, and a Temple Youth Group full of radical ideas. Mona quickly bleaches her bell-bottoms; then it's off with her friends to reform race relations. They find a cause in Alfred, the handsome black number-two cook at Mona's parents' pancake house, and pretty soon there is a mansion hideout with an underground railroad and a utopia called Camp Gugelstein. Certain love affairs run into trouble, though. And by the end, for better or for worse, unforeseen truths of contemporary America have been memorably revealed. inventory #22483. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Book has red remainder mark to top of page block. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book has red remainder mark to top of page block and a mild bump to bottom corner of front board. Dust jacket has mild bump to to top corner of back panel. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart protective cover.…