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02237aam a22003618i 4500 001 584E08EACF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 201028s2021 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020048904 020 $a 0063081792 020 $a 9780063081796 020 $a 0063081784 020 $a 9780063081789 035 $a (OCoLC)1199126173 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR9199.4.W348 $b W4 2021 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Wang, Jack, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a We two alone : $b stories / $c Jack Wang. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b HarperVia, $c 2021. 300 $a 248 pages ; $c 22 cm 505 00 $t We two alone. $t Nature of things -- $t Night of broken glass -- $t Everything in between -- $t Belsize Park -- $t Allhallows -- $t We two alone. 520 $a "Set on five continents and spanning decades, We Two Alone traces the arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience. A young laundry boy risks his life, pretending to be a girl to play organized hockey in Canada in the 1920s. A Canadian couple is caught in when Shanghai is succumbs to violence during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A family struggles to buy a home in South Africa in the early years of apartheid. An actor in New York struggles to keep his career alive while yearning to reconcile with his estranged wife. From the vulnerable and disenfranchised to the educated and privileged, the characters in this extraordinary collection embody the diversity of the Chinese diaspora past and present. In these deeply affecting stories, Jack Wang subverts expectations as he captures the hope, pain, and sacrifices of the millions who journey into the unknown to create better lives, and explores the shifting boundaries of morality, the intimacies and failings of love, and the choices circumstances force us to make."-- $c Provided by publisher. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064425.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011240.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210617010345.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=584E08EACF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search