ISBN: 9780544538528 - for today i am a boy: a moving literary family drama – an acclaimed coming of age story (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The debut novel of Kim Fu--the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century--about four second-generation Chinese sisters.one of whom happens to be a boy. At birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, "powerful king." To his parents, newly settled in small-town Ontario, he is the exalted only son in a sea of daughters, the one who will finally fulfill his immigrant father's dreams of Western masculinity. Peter and his sisters grow up in an airless house of order and obligation, though secrets and half-truths simmer beneath the surface. At the first opportunity, each of the girls lights out on her own. But for Peter, escape is not as simple. For although his father crowned him "powerful king," Peter knows otherwise. For in reality, he was born female--and that part of him is about to break free. With the help of his far-flung sisters and the sympathetic souls he finds along the way, Peter inches ever closer to his own life, his own skin, in this darkly funny, emotionally acute, stunningly powerful debut. "Sensitively wrought.For Today I Am a Boy is as much about the construction of self as the consequences of its unwitting destruction--and what happens when its acceptance seems as foreign as another country." --New York Times Book Review "Subtle and controlled, with flashes of humor and warmth." --Slate Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, Finalist Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Longlisted for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for Spring 2014, A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The debut novel of Kim Fu--the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century--about four second-generation Chinese sisters.one of whom happens to be a boy. At birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, "powerful king." To his parents, newly settled in small-town Ontario, he is the exalted only son in a sea of daughters, the one who will finally fulfill his immigrant father's dreams of Western masculinity. Peter and his sisters grow up in an airless house of order and obligation, though secrets and half-truths simmer beneath the surface. At the first opportunity, each of the girls lights out on her own. But for Peter, escape is not as simple. For although his father crowned him "powerful king," Peter knows otherwise. For in reality, he was born female--and that part of him is about to break free. With the help of his far-flung sisters and the sympathetic souls he finds along the way, Peter inches ever closer to his own life, his own skin, in this darkly funny, emotionally acute, stunningly powerful debut. "Sensitively wrought.For Today I Am a Boy is as much about the construction of self as the consequences of its unwitting destruction--and what happens when its acceptance seems as foreign as another country." --New York Times Book Review "Subtle and controlled, with flashes of humor and warmth." --Slate Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, Finalist Lambda Literary Award, Finalist Longlisted for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection for Spring 2014, A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Paperback. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 240 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: very good. LIVRE EN ANGLAIS. BROCHE, EN BON ETAT. QUELQUES LEGERES ET DISCRETES MARQUES D USAGE. MARINER, 2015. 240 PAGES. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE.

paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. 256 Seiten; 9780544538528.2 Gewicht in Gramm: 2.