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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

Authors:: Maxine Hong Kingston (author) and Chin-Yee Lai (covers)
Language:: English
Original language:: English
Publisher:: Vintage Books
Category:: Memoir
Publication year:: 1989
Original publication year:: 1975
ISBN:: 978-0-679-72188-8
Pages:: 209
Synopsis:: This book is part-novel and part-autobiography, interspersed with Chinese folktales. It describes life for a Chinese-American woman living in California.
Review:: The style of the narration (with fantastic tales woven seamlessly into the main autobiography) was at first a little confusing, but one soon gets used to it, and then the book becomes a delight to read. I can definitely recommend it, though I prefer the more traditional form of autobiographical writing.
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No Name Woman

White Tigers

Shaman

At the Western Palace

A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe