A feather on the breath of God
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Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date:
[1995]
Edition:
1st ed
Language:
English
Description
In this profoundly moving novel, a young woman looks back to the world of her immigrant parents: a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother who meet in post-war Germany and settle in New York. Growing up in a housing project in the 1950s and 1960s, the narrator escapes into dreams inspired both by her parents' stories and by her own reading and, for a time, into the otherworldly life of ballet. A yearning, homesick mother, a silent and withdrawn father, the ballet - these are the elements that shape the young woman's imaginations and sexuality. Years later, while working as an English instructor, she begins an affair with a Russian immigrant. As his English improves, he binds her to him by becoming more and more articulate in expressing his feelings for her, but at the same time frightens her with every new revelation about his own troubled past.
Subjects
Subjects
Ballet dancers
Ballet dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
German Americans
German Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Young women
Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Ballet dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Chinese Americans
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
German Americans
German Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Young women
Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
More Details
ISBN:
9780060171513
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Last Indexed | 2024-09-13 04:47:07AM |
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Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
German Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
German Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
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Chinese Americans
Families
German Americans
Young women
Chinese Americans
Families
German Americans
Young women
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