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Bone

by Fae Myenne Ng · 1993

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A profoundly moving journey into San Francisco's Chinatown that is "brutal and poignant, dreamy and gritty, specific to its place and resonant in its implication about what it means to be an American."— "Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer"

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thissuicidesuicideMore like thisLess of thisimmigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thissisterssistersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisSan FranciscoSan FranciscoMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
short · 193 pages

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