We Two Alone

2021-06-08 Fiction

Author : Jack Wang
Release : 2021-06-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 806/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis We Two Alone by : Jack Wang

Download or read book We Two Alone written by Jack Wang. This book was released on 2021-06-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant debut collection, in the vein of The Refugees, which dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years. 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 when Shanghai succumbs to violence during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A family sttempts 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.

We Two Alone

1998-04-01 Congo (Democratic Republic)

Author : Ruth Hege
Release : 1998-04-01
Genre : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 228/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book We Two Alone written by Ruth Hege. This book was released on 1998-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionary account of attack and rescue in the Congo. Insights into the purpose, problems and paths of the modern missionary endeavor.

When We Were Alone

2017-02-13 Juvenile Fiction

Author : David A. Robertson
Release : 2017-02-13
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 969/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis When We Were Alone by : David A. Robertson

Download or read book When We Were Alone written by David A. Robertson. This book was released on 2017-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. When We Were Alone is a story about a difficult time in history, and, ultimately, one of empowerment and strength. Also available in a bilingual Swampy Cree/English edition. When We Were Alone won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award in the Young People's Literature (Illustrated Books) category, and was nominated for the TD Canadian's Children's Literature Award.

We Two Alone

2019-09-17 Poetry

Author : Sara Teasdale
Release : 2019-09-17
Genre : Poetry
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 057/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book We Two Alone written by Sara Teasdale. This book was released on 2019-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sara Teasdale's dreamy, amorous walk, visually reimagined. This fully illustrated book brings Teasdale's exquisite words to life, following the unbroken "line of lights" that lead the narrator through an evening where everything is made magical by her romantic mood. Although Teasdale is less well-known today, her 1917 collection Love Songs won the award that would later become the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Printed on beautiful matte paper, this petite gift book is perfect for poetry and art lovers alike. The Obvious State Classics Collection is an evolving series of visually reimagined beloved works that speaks to contemporary readers. The pocket-sized, collectable editions feature the selected works of celebrated authors such as T. S. Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Sara Teasdale and Henry David Thoreau.

Alone Together

2017-11-07 Psychology

Author : Sherry Turkle
Release : 2017-11-07
Genre : Psychology
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 663/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Alone Together written by Sherry Turkle. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us to the present day, Alone Together describes changing, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, and families.

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