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02681cam a22005174a 4500 001 9E7B16662B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 20150520012456 008 051222s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2005037545 020 $a 9780801472879 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 0801472873 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780801444692 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 0801444691 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)62742610 040 $a NIC/DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d C#P $d STF $d COO $d NLGGC $d IG# $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d ION $d SILO 050 00 $a PS374.I48 $b C69 2006 082 00 $a 813/.5099206912 $2 22 084 $a 18.06 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Cowart, David, $d 1947- 245 1 $a Trailing clouds : $b immigrant fiction in contemporary America / $c David Cowart. 260 $a Ithaca, N.Y. : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2006. 300 $a xii, 249 p. ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Cornell paperbacks 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-237) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : the new immigrant writing -- Slavs of New York : Being there, Mr. Sammler's planet -- Immigration and primal scene : Alvarez's How the GarciÌa girls lost their accents -- Survival on the tangled bank : Hegi's The vision of Emma Blau and Mukherjee's Jasmine -- Language, dreams, and art in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban -- Korean connection : Chang-rae Lee and company -- Haitian Persephone : Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- Assimilation and adolescence : Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy and Lan Cao's Monkey bridge -- Ethnicity as pentimento : MyleÌne Dressler's The deadwood beetle -- Immigration as Bardo : Wendy Law-Yone's The coffin tree -- Closet and mask : Junot DiÌaz's Drown -- Conclusion : we, them, us. 650 0 $a American fiction $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Immigrants in literature. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration in literature. 650 17 $a Immigranten. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Romans. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Amerikaans. $2 gtt 830 0 $a Cornell paperbacks 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005037545.html 939 $a 5758282 941 $a 8 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017022833.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728014532.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926090154.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823065337.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9E7B16662B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b ION 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search