Mona in the promised land

Gish Jen

Original title: Mona in the Promised Land

first published 1996 Knopf, 1996 303 pages

Unhappy with her own ethnic group, Mona Chang, a Chinese-American, decides to become a Jew. After all, if one has to live as a minority, choose the best. A witty look at ethnicity, multiculturalism and the melting pot. By the author of Typical American.

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Mona in the promised land edition · 1998 · Granta Books · 303 pages · 9781862070530
Mona in the promised land paperback · 1997 · Vintage · 303 pages · 9780679776505
Mona in the Promised Land paperback · 1997 · Vintage Contemporaries · 9780679781844
Mona in the promised land edition · 1996 · Knopf · 303 pages · 9780679445890

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