On Gold Mountain by Lisa See

On Gold Mountain by Lisa See

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On Gold Mountain by Lisa See

In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal remedies to immigrant laborers who were treated little better than slaves. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Lisa herself grew up playing in her family's antiques store in Los Angeles's Chinatown, listening to stories of missionaries and prostitutes, movie stars and Chinese baseball teams.
With these stories and her own years of research, Lisa See chronicles the one-hundred-year-odyssey of her Chinese-American family, a history that encompasses racism, romance, secret marriages, entrepreneurial genius, and much more, as two distinctly different cultures meet in a new world.

Lisa See nació en París en 1955 y se crió en el seno de una familia china asentada en Estados Unidos desde tiempo atrás. Biznieta del patriarca del Chinatown de Los Ángeles, See narró la epopeya americana de su bisabuelo, Fong See, en un aclamado libro de memorias titulado On Gold Mountain. Durante trece años fue corresponsal en la costa Oeste del semanario Publishers Weekly. Sus artículos han aparecido en medios como The New York Times, Los Angeles Times y The Washington Post. En 2005, El abanico de seda se convirtió en un bestseller internacional y recibió además numerosos premios. Este éxito se vio confirmado con su siguiente novela, El pabellón de las peonías. Lisa See vive en Los Ángeles con su marido y sus dos hijos.
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ISBN 13 9780312119973
ISBN 10 0312119976
Title On Gold Mountain
Author Lisa See
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Year published 1995-08-01
Number of pages 394
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.