Bamboo |
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| Author:
| Yee, Paul |
| Illustrator:
| Wang, Shaoli |
| ISBN: | 978-1-894965-53-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Simply Read Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Told by an author who has made a career out of exploring the world and experience of "overseas Chinese,"
Bamboo is a sensitive, revealing work. Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a young farmer, finds himself beset by poverty and decides to travel to the New World in order to find fortune. But while Bamboo is away, his sister-in-law makes mischief: she schemes to steal Bamboo's ancestral lands. The plan...
More DescriptionTold by an author who has made a career out of exploring the world and experience of "overseas Chinese," Bamboo is a sensitive, revealing work. Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a young farmer, finds himself beset by poverty and decides to travel to the New World in order to find fortune. But while Bamboo is away, his sister-in-law makes mischief: she schemes to steal Bamboo's ancestral lands. The plan looks set to work until the magic bamboo that Bamboo's new wife, Ming, brings as a gift saves her husband's life.