All That Matters
A Historical, Cultural, Canada book. As coming of age stories go, Wayson Choy has once...
Kiam-Kim is three years old when he arrives by ship at Gold Mountain with his father and his grandmother, Poh-Poh, the Old One. It is 1926, and because of famine and civil war in China, they have left their village in Toishan province to become the new family of Third Uncle, a wealthy businessman whose own wife and son are dead....
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 432 pages
- ISBN: 9780385257596 / 385257597
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As coming of age stories go, Wayson Choy has once more excelled at allowing one realize the Chinese perspective, even simply the "ethnic" perspective, of growing up in Vancouver/Canada and experiencing the joys of puberty, the trials, the realization of being different than one's white neighbours, but reveling in that unique and important... The sequel to The Jade Peony is told through the eyes of the first son, Kiam-Kim. The same struggles are recounted but from a different perspective Kiam is the oldest son and the honor of the family rests on his shoulders as well as setting the irreproachable example for his siblings. The story also details his everlasting friendship... A Canadian great!This is in connection with his previous novel 'The Jade Peony', and is equally as great. A rare gem that has the subtle effect of taking you back to your childhood, as I related to the events experienced by the character. Not simply a coming-of-age story, but an insight into the perceptions of a child as he grows up...
