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Mrs. Spring Fragrance

and Other Writings

Sui Sin Far C Pam Zhang

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Random House Inc
03 August 2021
A rediscovered classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco's Chinatown, portraying Chinese Americans as they fall in love, encounter racism, and wrestle with their new, hyphenated identities--a century before writers like Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan.

A rediscovered classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco's Chinatown, by the first published Asian American fiction writer-with an introduction by C Pam Zhang, bestselling author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold

In thisrediscovered classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco's Chinatown,Sui Sin Far portrays Chineseimmigrantsas they fall in love, encounter racism, and wrestle with their newAmericanizedidentities-decadesbefore writers like Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan.

By turns tender and dramatic, Mrs. Spring Fragrance tellsof the Chinesewomen and menasthey confront prejudice and forced detention; choose toassimilate orstay true to their cultural heritage; meet both kind and predatory Americans; and find love, purpose, and understandingin their new home.

These stories are windows into the lives of everyday people in an unforgiving city, who find solidarity and hope in the most unexpected places.

The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 132mm, 
Weight:   368g
ISBN:   9780593241202
ISBN 10:   0593241207
Series:   Modern Library Torchbearers
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Edith Maude Eaton(1865-1914), who took the pen nameSui Sin Far, was the first Asian American, man or woman, to publish fiction in the United States. The daughter of a Chinese mother and an English father, Eaton began publishing articles about Montreal's Chinese Canadian community in English-language newspapers at twenty-five. At thirty-three she moved to the United States, and, asserting her identity as a Chinese American writer (despite her ability to ""pass"" as white), published stories about Chinese Americans at a time when the United States Congress banned Chinese immigration to the United States.

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