American Woman Contributor(s): Choi, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060542225 ISBN-13: 9780060542221 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: On the lam for an act of terror against the American government, 25-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger fugitives whom a shadowy figure from her former radical life has spirited out of California. "American Woman" was selected by NPR and the "Los Angeles Times" as one of ten "Best Books of Fiction" of 2003. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002191935 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 369 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Geographic Orientation - New York |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Susan Choi...proves herself a natural--a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability. I couldn't put American Woman down, and wanted when I finished it to do nothing but read it again." --Joan Didion A novel of impressive scope and complexity, "American Woman is a thoughtful, meditative interrogation of...history and politics, of power and racism, and finally, of radicalism." (San Francisco Chronicle), perfect for readers who love Emma Cline's novel, The Girls. On the lam for an act of violence against the American government, 25-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger fugitives whom a shadowy figure from her former radical life has spirited out of California. One of them, the kidnapped granddaughter of a wealthy newspaper magnate in San Francisco, has become a national celebrity for embracing her captors' ideology and joining their revolutionary cell. A brilliant read...astonishing in its honesty and confidence," (Denver Post) American Woman explores the psychology of the young radicals, the intensity of their isolated existence, and the paranoia and fear that undermine their ideals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Choi, Susan: - Susan Choi was born in Indiana and grew up in Texas. Her first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the Discover Great New Writers Award at Barnes & Noble. With David Remnick, she edited an anthology of fiction entitled Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. |