{"product_id":"thank-you-mr-nixon-gish-jen-9798885780179","title":"Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Resisters\u003c\/i\u003e takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write--a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds--a work that Cynthia Ozick has called \"an art beyond art. It is life itself.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to \"poor Mr. Nixon\" in hell, Gish Jen embarks on a fictional journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpal Chen reunites with her Chinese sisters after forty years; newly cosmopolitan Lulu Koo wonders why Americans \"like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes\"; Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengths to reestablish contact with their \"number-one daughter\" in New York; and Betty Koo, brought up on \"no politics, just make money,\" finds she must reassess her mother's philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith their profound compassion and equally profound humor, these eleven linked stories trace the intimate ways in which humans make and are made by history, capturing an extraordinary era in an extraordinary way. Delightful, provocative, and powerful, \u003ci\u003eThank You, Mr. Nixon\u003c\/i\u003e furnishes yet more proof of Gish Jen's eminent place among American storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gish Jen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885780172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885780179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gish Jen","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":44057197445375,"sku":"9798885780179","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6ad247f-e626-479a-b5e3-539007c7b729.jpg?v=1685045590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thank-you-mr-nixon-gish-jen-9798885780179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}