Monkey King

Patricia Chao

Original title: Monkey king

first published 1997 Harper Perennial, 1998 paperback 324 pages

A young Chinese-American woman is driven into a mental asylum by her family's reaction to rape by her father. They know he did it repeatedly, but they refuse to acknowledge it, saying she is inventing. A clash of cultures, in this case Oriental family solidarity versus Western individual rights. A first novel.

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Monkey King paperback · 1998 · Harper Perennial · 324 pages · 9780060928933
Monkey king edition · 1997 · Piatkus · 310 pages
Monkey king edition · 1997 · HarperCollins Publishers · 310 pages

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