Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Jade Peony - Wayson Choy

The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy was an enlightening read granting a peak into Vancouver's Chinatown. I really enjoyed the use of multiple narrators as it provided different perspectives on the family members of Chen family. I also found that the choice of youthful narrators was clever because it allowed the author to use the mouth of babes to reveal "truths" that adults might chose to politely conceal. Their understanding of their "condition" and the events of their lives was both revealing and endearing.

2 comments:

  1. Well, looks like you have one of the Canada Reads books down. That was a lovely coincidence, wasn't it?

    I have mixed emotions about Chinatown. Visited there this summer, and had a wonderful time but was also robbed. Hard for that not to taint any experience.

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  2. Being robbed always feels like a huge personal violation. It isn't the loss of the cash and cards etc, rather the loss of the sense of security...

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