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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Grove Pr
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Pages
197
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780802136503
ISBN-10
0802136508
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.54 lbs.
Original list price
$13.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Newcomers to the United States struggle with the transforming power of American culture--including an aristocratic Filipino who wrangles a life for herself with an American investment banker and an Iraqi Jew who lands in Queens--in this collection of short sties about the immigrant experience. Reprint. NYT.
(view table of contents)Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Grove Pr (May 1, 1988)
9780802110312 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: People from four corners of the world are brought together, geographically and emotionally, in a collection of stories that presents the fear, love, suspicion, and astonishment of an America bursting with the energy of cultural fusion
About: People from four corners of the world are brought together, geographically and emotionally, in a collection of stories that presents the fear, love, suspicion, and astonishment of an America bursting with the energy of cultural fusion
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Grove Pr (October 1, 1999)
9780802136503 | details & prices | 197 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.54 lbs | List price $13.00
About: Newcomers to America struggle with cultural transformation, including an Iraqi Jew who lands in Queens, New York, and a Vietnam vet returning to a Florida more foreign than the Asia he left behind.
About: Newcomers to America struggle with cultural transformation, including an Iraqi Jew who lands in Queens, New York, and a Vietnam vet returning to a Florida more foreign than the Asia he left behind.
Reprint edition from Crest (August 1, 1992)
9780449217184 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $5.99
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