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Mahjong: House Rules From Across the Asian Diaspora

by Nicole Wong
RM41.00 MYR
Mahjong: House Rules From Across the Asian Diaspora
Mahjong: House Rules From Across the Asian Diaspora

Where Tiles, Culture, and Community Meet

Learn classic Chinese Mahjong through clear guidance on setup, hands, strategy, scoring, and house rules. Illustrations and photography accompany essays on the game’s history, design, and diaspora communities. Ideal for beginners, returning players, or anyone curious about an inherited or thrifted set.

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.
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Mahjong: House Rules From Across the Asian Diaspora

by Nicole Wong
RM41.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781958417638
Authors: Nicole Wong
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Date of Publication: 2025-04-08
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Art, History, Sociology
Related Topics: Asia, History, Photography, Anthropology, Social Issues, Design
Goodreads rating: 4.33
(rated by 186 readers)

Description

Mahjong is one of the first English language books to break down classic Chinese Mahjong. Readers learn game setup, rules, common hands, strategy, and scoring through beautiful illustrations and photography, but the book also showcases mahjong culture, past and present, through essays and vignettes on the history, design elements, and communities that have been built around mahjong—and how to build your own. A bonus essay breaks down the mahjong hands in the pivotal scene from the 2018 hit Crazy Rich Asians, and the author’s own family history and anecdotes are sprinkled throughout to tell a story of diaspora through mahjong (one that’s full of common shared experiences with the clacking of tiles as its soundtrack). With Mahjong as your guide, date your inherited or thrifted sets, identify the version you learned to play, refresh your memory of the rules or learn them for the first time, and start to write your own house rules—just don’t forget the snacks.
 

Where Tiles, Culture, and Community Meet

Learn classic Chinese Mahjong through clear guidance on setup, hands, strategy, scoring, and house rules. Illustrations and photography accompany essays on the game’s history, design, and diaspora communities. Ideal for beginners, returning players, or anyone curious about an inherited or thrifted set.

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.

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