2002, ISBN: 9780872863873

Hagedorn muses about love and sex, and probes with wry humor and sharp social satire the heart-and hearbreaks-of the immigrant experience. Here in one volume are this exciting writer's fi… Mehr…

Hagedorn muses about love and sex, and probes with wry humor and sharp social satire the heart-and hearbreaks-of the immigrant experience. Here in one volume are this exciting writer's first two books, Dangerous Music and Pet Food & Tropical Apparitions, along with a generous selection of her work that reveals a powerful and writty continuation of her journey as a singer and searcher, woman and questioner. 'Jessica Hagedorn is one of the best of a new generation of writers who are making American language new and who in the process are creating a new American Literature.' &#8212;Russell Banks '[Hagedorn] sees her native land from both near and far, with ambivalent love, the only kind of love worth writing about.' &#8212;John Updike 'Ms. Hagedorn is deliciously wicked . . . ' &#8212;Caryn James, New York Times Jessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, poet, playwright, and formerly a commentator on NPR. Her novel, Dogeaters, won an American Book Award. Other books include the groundbreaking Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction and The Gangster of Love. Buch (fremdspr.) Jessica Hagedorn Taschenbuch, External catalogues US, 01.03.2002, External catalogues US, 2002<

2002, ISBN: 9780872863873

Buch, Softcover, [PU: City Lights Books], City Lights Books, 2002