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A Penguin Vitae Edition
Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature.
Penguin Vitae―loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"―is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.
A Penguin Vitae Edition
Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature.
Penguin Vitae―loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"―is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.
Alexander Chee (foreword) is the bestselling author of the novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh and the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2016 and The New York Times, and he is a contributing editor at The New Republic. The winner of a Whiting Award, he is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College. He lives in New York City.
Sunyoung Lee (afterword, notes) is the publisher and editor in chief of Kaya Press, which specializes in literature from the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas. She lives in Los Angeles.
FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN TITLE IN PENGUIN VITAE
PIONEERING KOREAN AMERICAN NOVEL by the author known as "the father of Korean American literature"
A TOUCHSTONE OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
A MASTERPIECE: Not only a great Asian American novel but also a great American novel, East Goes West has been compared to the work of Whitman and Nabokov, was edited by the legendary Maxwell Perkins, was admired in its day by the likes of Pearl S. Buck, Thomas Wolfe, Rebecca West, and H. G. Wells, and is admired today by the likes of Chang-rae Lee, Alexander Chee, and Min Jin Lee.
FOREWORD BY BESTSELLING NOVELIST and acclaimed Korean American essayist Alexander Chee, who has 67,000+ followers on Twitter.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780143136286 |
| ISBN-10: | 0143136283 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Kang, Younghill |
| Hersteller: | Penguin UK |
| Maße: | 203 x 133 x 33 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Younghill Kang |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.02.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |
Alexander Chee (foreword) is the bestselling author of the novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh and the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2016 and The New York Times, and he is a contributing editor at The New Republic. The winner of a Whiting Award, he is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College. He lives in New York City.
Sunyoung Lee (afterword, notes) is the publisher and editor in chief of Kaya Press, which specializes in literature from the Asian and Pacific Island diasporas. She lives in Los Angeles.
FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN TITLE IN PENGUIN VITAE
PIONEERING KOREAN AMERICAN NOVEL by the author known as "the father of Korean American literature"
A TOUCHSTONE OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
A MASTERPIECE: Not only a great Asian American novel but also a great American novel, East Goes West has been compared to the work of Whitman and Nabokov, was edited by the legendary Maxwell Perkins, was admired in its day by the likes of Pearl S. Buck, Thomas Wolfe, Rebecca West, and H. G. Wells, and is admired today by the likes of Chang-rae Lee, Alexander Chee, and Min Jin Lee.
FOREWORD BY BESTSELLING NOVELIST and acclaimed Korean American essayist Alexander Chee, who has 67,000+ followers on Twitter.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780143136286 |
| ISBN-10: | 0143136283 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Kang, Younghill |
| Hersteller: | Penguin UK |
| Maße: | 203 x 133 x 33 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Younghill Kang |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.02.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |
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