Gold mountain blues / Zhang Ling ; translation by Nicky Harman.
This is a rich saga chronicling the lives of five generations of a family from China's Guandong Province transformed by the promise of a better life in Gold Mountain, the Chinese name for Canada's majestic west coast. This is a novel about family, hope and sacrifice and about the evolution of the Chinese-Canadian identity.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670065134 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9780143177463 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 522 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Viking Canada ; c2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in China by Beijing October Literature and Arts Publishing House, 2009."--T.p. verso |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 570-572). |
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Subject: | Foreign workers, Chinese > Canada > History > Fiction. Chinese fiction > 21st century. Chinese fiction. China > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Epic fiction. Family saga. Canadian fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Canadian fiction books |
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Terrace Public Library | Zha (Text) | 35151000256305 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |