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Gish Jen and
Janet Song (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date
October 5, 2010
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781441773548
ISBN-10
1441773541
Dimensions
2.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$79.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sixty-eight-year-old Hattie Kong, descendant of Confucius, daughter of an American missionary, has lived to see both her husband and her best friend die back-to-back in a single year: ''It was like having twins. . . She got to book the same church with the same pianist for both funerals and did think she should have gotten some sort of twofer from the crematorium.''
But two years later, it's time for Hattie to start over. She moves to a small New England town where she is soon joined by a Cambodian American family and an ex-lover -- now a retired neuroscientist -- all of them looking for their own new lives.
What Hattie makes of this situation and of the changing town of Riverlake -- challenged as it is, in 2001, by fundamentalist Christians, struggling family farms, and unexpected immigrants -- lies at the center of a novel that asks deep and absorbing questions about religion, home, and what ''worlds'' we make of the world.
Moving, humorous, and broad-ranging, World and Town is rich in character and brilliantly evocative of its time and place. This is a masterful novel from one of our most admired writers.
But two years later, it's time for Hattie to start over. She moves to a small New England town where she is soon joined by a Cambodian American family and an ex-lover -- now a retired neuroscientist -- all of them looking for their own new lives.
What Hattie makes of this situation and of the changing town of Riverlake -- challenged as it is, in 2001, by fundamentalist Christians, struggling family farms, and unexpected immigrants -- lies at the center of a novel that asks deep and absorbing questions about religion, home, and what ''worlds'' we make of the world.
Moving, humorous, and broad-ranging, World and Town is rich in character and brilliantly evocative of its time and place. This is a masterful novel from one of our most admired writers.
Editions
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 5, 2010)
9781441773555 | details & prices | 7.00 × 6.50 × 2.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $109.00
About: Sixty-eight-year-old Hattie Kong, descendant of Confucius, daughter of an American missionary, has lived to see both her husband and her best friend die back-to-back in a single year: ''It was like having twins.
About: Sixty-eight-year-old Hattie Kong, descendant of Confucius, daughter of an American missionary, has lived to see both her husband and her best friend die back-to-back in a single year: ''It was like having twins.
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (October 5, 2010)
9781441773548 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 2.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $79.95
About: Sixty-eight-year-old Hattie Kong, descendant of Confucius, daughter of an American missionary, has lived to see both her husband and her best friend die back-to-back in a single year: ''It was like having twins.
About: Sixty-eight-year-old Hattie Kong, descendant of Confucius, daughter of an American missionary, has lived to see both her husband and her best friend die back-to-back in a single year: ''It was like having twins.
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