Kingston, Maxine Hong

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

A free-spirited young Chinese-American hippie struggles with Chinese stereotypes in 1960s San Francisco as he attempts to write and stage a theater production based on Chinese folktales and novels.

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

A history of the men in the author's family. Describes their pains and joys as they become American.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Maxine Hong Kingston, a Chinese-American who has lived in California and Hawaii, published her first book in 1976, using her culture and family history as background. She has a daily habit of writing down her thoughts and ideas and does not depend on research to generate materials for her writing except for confirmation of details relating to the historical periods she uses. She is know for her representation of feelings, emotions and relations among her characters.