Maxine Hong Kingston: The Woman Warrior
The autobiographical novel by Maxine Hong Kingston tells the story of a young woman growing up in a Chinese-American household in California. Blending Chinese folktales and contemporary life, the book sheds light on the author’s position as a female cultural minority in the late 1900s. ‘The Woman Warrior’ won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named as one of TIME magazine’s top non-fiction books of the 1970s.
This is a first edition from the private collection of Robert Yeo. The publication bears Maxine Hong Kingston’s signature on the title page.
The autobiographical novel by Maxine Hong Kingston tells the story of a young woman growing up in a Chinese-American household in California. Blending Chinese folktales and contemporary life, the book sheds light on the author’s position as a female cultural minority in the late 1900s. ‘The Woman Warrior’ won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named as one of TIME magazine’s top non-fiction books of the 1970s.
This is a first edition from the private collection of Robert Yeo. The publication bears Maxine Hong Kingston’s signature on the title page.
The autobiographical novel by Maxine Hong Kingston tells the story of a young woman growing up in a Chinese-American household in California. Blending Chinese folktales and contemporary life, the book sheds light on the author’s position as a female cultural minority in the late 1900s. ‘The Woman Warrior’ won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named as one of TIME magazine’s top non-fiction books of the 1970s.
This is a first edition from the private collection of Robert Yeo. The publication bears Maxine Hong Kingston’s signature on the title page.
Author: Maxime Hong Kingston
Publisher: Vintage Books/Division of Random House, inc., New York
Size: 22.5 x 15.5 x 2.5cm
Weight: 130g
First Edition
Date: 1977
ISBN: 0-394-72392-9
Hardcover, 243 pages
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Condition Report: Cover of the book is loose. Discolouration is observed on the pages of the book.
