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Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen : a manifesto in 41 tales / Marilyn Chin.

Title
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen : a manifesto in 41 tales / Marilyn Chin.
Author
Chin, Marilyn.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.

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Description
214 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
In an uproarious debut that lays bare the complicated generational relationships of Chinese-American women, Chin references classical Chinese tales and ghost stories that are by turns sensual, lurid, hilarious, shocking, and surreal.
Subject
  • Sisters > Fiction
  • Twins > Fiction
  • Chinese American women > Fiction
Genre/Form
Domestic fiction.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Mooncakes and matriarchs -- Oh Lord! Here come the double happiness twins -- A portrait of my sister sexing tofu -- After enlightenment, there is yam gruel (thirteen Buddhist tales) -- Beasts of burden (seven fables) -- Ten views of the flying matriarch -- Happiness: a manifesto.
ISBN
  • 9780393331455 (pbk.)
  • 0393331458 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2009012347
OCLC
317361845
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library