Title:
Gold mountain blues
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ISBN:
9780670065134
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Info:
Toronto : Viking Canada/Penguin Group (Canada), 2011.
Material Type:
Hardcover Book
Physical Description:
522 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
General Note:
"First published in China by Beijing October Literature and Arts Publishing House, 2009.
Abstract:
"In the epic storytelling tradition of Amy Tan and Jiang Rong comes a rich saga chronicling the lives of five generations of a Chinese family from Guandong Province transformed by the promise of a better life in Gold Mountain, the Chinese name for Canada's majestic West Coast. In 1879, 16-year-old Fong Tak-Fat boards a ship to Canada determined to make a life for himself and support his family back home."--Publisher.
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