Honor and Duty - Brossura

Lee, Gus

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0804110042 ISBN 13: 9780804110044

Casa editrice: Ivy Books, 1995

Riassunto

Hoping to secure his cultural identity as a Chinese-American by entering West Point, Kai Ting finds that the war in Vietnam is coloring his fellow cadets' opinions on Asians and is forced to walk a thin line that tests his survival skills. Reprint.

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"Superb...Gus Lee has forged a marvelous novel, with a hero capable of embodying the United States and all its multitudinous citizens." -- Chicago Tribune
"Moving...Honor And Duty reminds [one] of The Color Purple in the way that family revelations come slowly, subtly, often in fragments that Kai Ting must piece together in order to understand his past." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Enlightening And Sobering...Lee is a natural storyteller with wry humor, a wonderful ear for dialogue and the cadences of dialects -- black, Southern, Bronx and pidgin English -- and a talent for vivid and visceral descriptions." -- San Francisco Chronicle

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ws what it means to become an American and lose all that is Chinese. It happened to his father, a former officer in Chiang Kai-shek's army, who never came to terms with his new life in the United States. Now, as a West Point cadet in the 1960s, Kai has a golden chance both to retain his heritage and to become undeniably, gloriously American.

But the Point has dangerous preconceptions about Asians, especially as the war in Vietnam escalates. Kai walks on a razor's edge...and falls into the dark pit of a cheating scandal. Suddenly, he must learn a new tribal behavior, a new etiquette. And his very survival depends on learning it fast....

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• Editore: Ivy Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0804110042
• ISBN 13: 9780804110044
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile