Wayson Choy
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.89 | 1064 Users | 77 Reviews
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| Original Title: | All That Matters |
| ISBN: | 1590512154 (ISBN13: 9781590512159) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2004), Trillium Book Award (2005) |
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"A new book from Choy is an event. His writing has a quiet integrity and an exquisite grace."—Maclean's
Winner of the 2005 Trillium Book Award, finalist for the 2004 Giller Prize, and long-listed for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, All That Matters is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Wayson Choy's award-winning first novel, The Jade Peony.
Kiam-Kim is three years old when he arrives by ship at Gold Mountain with his father and his grandmother, Poh-Poh. From his earliest years, Kiam-Kim is deeply conscious of his responsibility to maintain the family's honor and to set an example for his younger siblings. However, his life is increasingly complicated by his burgeoning awareness of the world outside Vancouver's Chinatown. Choy once again accomplishes the extraordinary: blending a haunting evocation of tenacious, ancient traditions with a precise, funny, and very modern coming-of-age story.
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| Title | : | All That Matters |
| Author | : | Wayson Choy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 17th 2007 by Other Press (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 1064 Users | 77 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books All That Matters
I enjoyed The Jade Peony but I loved this! The voice of Kiam feels so authentic and true, and lots of experiences resonate with my own immigrant childhood in the UK. I loved the subtext in the early chapters where Kiam is telling of incidents and comments made by his family - esp Poh Poh - without understanding what is really being said. The voice of Kiam matures through the book and suddenly I realised how I'd watched Kiam grow-up. I did find the Kiam-Jack-Jenny triangle underwritten and theLike all his books this story is beautiful and sad both intertwining and causing the other. It follows the characters and events from The Jade Peony narrated by first brother Kiam Kim. I find that the way Wayson Choy writes is not as immediate as I am used to and makes me feel somewhat removed from the scene. Nevertheless, Im still able to feel and live deeply within the main character Kiam Kims mind, eyes and most importantly heart. 4.75
A Canadian great!This is in connection with his previous novel 'The Jade Peony', and is equally as great. A rare gem that has the subtle effect of taking you back to your childhood, as I related to the events experienced by the character. Not simply a coming-of-age story, but an insight into the perceptions of a child as he grows up trying to cope with his inherited dual-nationality, insofar as to realize one for himself.Perhaps this can be better related to males who read this book, but as
Another great novel that explores the Chinese American (well in this case North American) culture as well as growing up during the great depression in an industrialized town. I was disappointed in the ending, feeling like it just drifted off. It was a little confusing. But the rest of the book I found pleasant& intriguing. "In all the ways they lived their lives, survivors like Poh-Poh and Stepmother, Third Uncle and Father, and those elders who hacked their breath away, they were all saying
Author of the Jade Peony, this novel is apparently a sequel. However, not having read the Jade Peony I cant make any comparisons.It was not necessary to have read the prequel however. This story hangs together very well. It recounts the lives of the Cheng family who arrive in VancouverFather, Poo Poo the grandmother, and the child who is the narrator. The time period is late twenties to late forties and gives an excellent picture of the culture of Chinatownat least from the perspective of a
I loved this book. It is he story of a Chinese immigrant family coming to Vancouver in the 1930's. The family is made up of a father, his young son and his mother or As she is know Poh Poh. The story is told in the voice of the son Kiam-Kim. It follows his growth and adjustment to new ways of life in Canada and the traditions of old China which are so important to his Poh Poh. It also gives a vibrant picture of life in Chinatown in Vancouver in those times, or what I imagine it would have been.
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