Typical American (Contemporary Fiction, Plume) (edit title)

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “I appreciated learning the language and thoughts from another culture.”

  Nicole G wrote this review Friday, July 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is a moving and epic novel of the immigrant experience. Yi-feng Chang comes from China just after WW2, and is anchored in this country by his profession and family, by a new name, by a new language. Over a lifetime, he gets to experience all of it, everything that could be possibly covered by the word "American". As always, it's the outsider who really delineates the character of a country.”

  Jenny Y wrote this review Saturday, September 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Having visited China earlier this year, I like the way the author sprinkled the book with Chinese phrases. The sentence construction at times seemed clumsy, but felt an authentic way for someone not speaking their birth language. I liked the occasional use of large unusual words that made me almost interrupt reading to search out a dictionary. The story line was very absorbing. ”

  Shirley D wrote this review Friday, November 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No