Thank you, Mr. Nixon : stories / Gish Jen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jen, Gish, author.

Contributor:

Charles Wendell David Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--Fiction.

Chinese Americans.

Emigration and immigration.

Families.

Chinese.

China.

United States.

Chinese--United States--Fiction.

Families--China--Fiction.

China--Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

China--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Thank you, Mister Nixon

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Summary:

"In her first collection of stories since the acclaimed Who's Irish?, the beloved author of The Resisters refracts the fifty years since the opening of China through the lives of ordinary people. Beginning with a cheery, kindly letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to "poor Mr. Nixon" in hell, Gish Jen embarks on an eleven-story journey through U.S.-Chinese relations, capturing not only the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change, but the all-too-human encounters that ensue as East meets West. Opal Chen reunites with her sisters in China after a hiatus of almost forty years; American Arnie Hsu clashes with his Chinese girlfriend Lulu Koo, who wonders why Americans "like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes"; Tina and Johnson Koo take wholly surprising measures to reestablish contact when their "number one daughter," Bobby, stops answering her phone in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on "no politics, just make money," finds she must square her mother's philosophy with the repression in Hong Kong. With their profound compassion, equally profound humor, and unexpected connections, these masterful stories reflect history's shifting shadow over our boldest decisions and most intimate moments. Gradually accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds, Thank You, Mr. Nixon furnishes yet more proof of Gish Jen's enduring place among the most eminent of American storytellers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Thank you, Mr. Nixon

It's the Great Wall!

Duncan in China

A tea tale

Lulu in exile

Gratitude

Mr. Crime and Punishment and War and Peace

Amaryllis

Rothko, Rothko

No more maybe

Detective dog.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles Wendell David Library Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Jen, Gish. It's the Great Wall!

Container of: Jen, Gish. Duncan in China.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Tea tale.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Lulu in exile.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Gratitude.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Mr. Crime and Punishment and War and Peace.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Amaryllis.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Rothko, rothko.

Container of: Jen, Gish. No more maybe.

Container of: Jen, Gish. Detective dog.

Other Format:

Online version: Jen, Gish Thank you, Mr. Nixon.

ISBN:

9780593319895

0593319893

OCLC:

1248693480