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Fiction Literary

Disappearing Moon Cafe [RIGHTS REVERTED]

by (author) S.K.Y. Lee

Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Initial publish date
Feb 1993
Category
Literary, Cultural Heritage
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888947215
    Publish Date
    Feb 1993
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, always riveting, this extraordinary first novel traces the lives and passionate loves of the women of the Wong family through four generations. As past sins and inborn strengths are passed on from mother to daughter to granddaughter, each generation confronts, in its own way, the same problems -- isolation, racism the clash of cultures -- and each evolves a little bit more.

Moving back and forth between past and present, between Canada and China, SKY Lee weaves fiction and historical fact into a memorable and moving picture of a people's struggle for identity.

Disappearing Moon Cafe won the 1990 City of Vancouver Book Award and was short-listed for the Governor General's Award of the same year.

About the author

SKY Lee is a feminist writer and artist. Her short stories have been published in one anthology, Vancouver Short Stories, and in numerous periodicals, including West Coast Line, The Asianadian, Kinesis, and Makara. She has illustrated one children's book, Teach Me How to Fly, Skyfighter.

S.K.Y. Lee's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, City of Vancouver Book Award
  • Runner-up, Governor General's Award

Editorial Reviews

"If Gabriel Garcia Marquez had been Canadian-Chinese, and a woman, One Hundred Years of Solitude might have come out a little bit like this."

Washington Post Book World

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Culture Clash

Read this book a couple years ago and had a good read through it with references to Vancouver. But also seeing how the family evolves from generation and the challenges/situations they face through their diversity and surrounding culture of their time.

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