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Donald Duk - A Novel

by Frank Chin
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Donald Duk - A Novel
Donald Duk - A Novel

Exploring identity amidst Chinatown's cultural festivities.

If you've ever wrestled with your cultural identity or felt out of place due to your heritage, "Donald Duk" will resonate with you. It's a humorous yet insightful look at a young boy's journey through self-discovery, set against the vibrant backdrop of San Francisco's Chinatown during the Chinese New Year. Frank Chin delivers a relatable narrative that's both a celebration of culture and a tale of growing up.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Donald Duk - A Novel

by Frank Chin
RM15.00 MYR
Compare to estimated retail price: RM78.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9780918273833
Authors: Frank Chin
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Date of Publication: 1991-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Related Topics: Coming of Age, Teen, Historical Romance
Goodreads rating: 3.08
(rated by 691 readers)

Description

Welcome to Chinatown, Chinese New Year in San Francisco. Everybody's birthday. The lantern festival of the fifteenth day. Welcome home. Crashing Cantonese opera, dancing lions, comic book heroes, and a childhood among partying pagans. Donald Duk is a twelve-year-old kid with a name he doesn't like and a family that doesn't deserve him. As this novel opens, Donald would rather be Fred Astaire than the son of a Chinatown restaurateur. In this robust and vigorous work, Donald learns to see himself more clearly as he, and we, see his culture free of distorting stereotypes.
 

Exploring identity amidst Chinatown's cultural festivities.

If you've ever wrestled with your cultural identity or felt out of place due to your heritage, "Donald Duk" will resonate with you. It's a humorous yet insightful look at a young boy's journey through self-discovery, set against the vibrant backdrop of San Francisco's Chinatown during the Chinese New Year. Frank Chin delivers a relatable narrative that's both a celebration of culture and a tale of growing up.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.