“American born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang “American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, a son of Chinese immigrants, who struggles to assimilate at a predominately white school after moving from San Francisco’s Chinatown to the suburbs. Jin’s story is interwoven with the legend of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King, and a
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«Who will run the frog hospital?» by Lorrie Moore “Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? Follows the lives of Berie, an American woman visiting Paris with her husband, and Sils, her best friend from childhood, as they take their first exhilarating steps into adulthood.” Extraído de la editorial Faber. Ver además: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/narrativa/ries/elpbabnar/20030201elpbabnar_3/Tes http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/lorrie_moore/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrie_Moore Los títulos