Penguin Classics adds four books by Asian Americans to the canon

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Penguin Classics adds four books by Asian Americans to the canon

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Article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2019/0606/Penguin-Classics-adds-four-books-by-Asian-Americans-to-the-canon
Journal: Christian Science Monitor
Issued Date: June 06, 2019
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED STATES
City: -
Book: East Goes West
Writer: Gang Yongheul

About the Author

Gang Yongheul
Birth : 1898 ~ 1972
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Yongheul
Family Name : Gang
Korean Name : 강용흘
ISNI : 0000000096540036
Works : 7

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“The Joy Luck Club” – by all accounts a modern American classic – celebrates its 30th print anniversary this year with a new preface added by Ms. Tan. Making publishing history, Joy Luck’s publishing parent, Penguin Group, simultaneously expands its Penguin Classics with the inclusion of four essential Asian American titles: East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee (1937) by Korean American Younghill Kang, an immigrant epic that criss-crosses a less-than-welcoming American landscape;

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East Goes West
Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 1937
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East Goes West
Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 2019
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The Grass Roof and the Yalu Flows
Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 et al / 1975