{"product_id":"tripmaster-monkey-his-fake-book-paperback","title":"Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years - From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChina Men\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel centered on the life of a Chinese-American hippie and aspiring playwright as he explores the complexities of identity, culture, and artistic ambition. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dazzling leap of imaginative sympathy [and] narrative magic.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWittman Ah Sing is a young Chinese-American hippie in San Francisco during the late sixties. Named after America's quintessential poet, indomitably garrulous and free-spirited, Wittman is as American as James Dean. Yet he also bears a strking resemblance to Monkey, the trickster-saint of Chinese legend who helped bring the Buddhist scriptures from India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by his dream of writing and staging an epic production of interwoven Chinese novels and folktales, Wittman embarks on an extraordinary journey through an era as fantastic as his ambition. \u003ci\u003eTripmaster Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns surreal; exuberantly charged with spectacle, violence, and Chinese \"talk-story\"; and wildly, bitterly funny. Kingston's masterful storytelling brings to life the struggles and triumphs of a young man caught between two worlds on a quest for self-discovery and cultural reconciliation.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by his dream to write and stage an epic stage production of interwoven Chinese novelsWittman Ah Sing, a Chinese-American hippie in the late '60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours. Kingston graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962 from the University of California at Berkeley, and, in the same year, married actor Earll Kingston, whom she had met in an English course. The couple has one son, Joseph, who was born in 1963. They were active in antiwar activities in Berkeley, but in 1967 the Kingstons headed for Japan to escape the increasing violence and drugs of the antiwar movement. They settled instead in Hawai'i, where Kingston took various teaching posts. They returned to California seventeen years later, and Kingston resumed teaching writing at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile in Hawai'i, Kingston wrote her first two books. \u003cb\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/b\u003e, her first book, was published in 1976 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, making her a literary celebrity at age thirty-six. Her second book, \u003cb\u003eChina Men\u003c\/b\u003e, earned the National Book Award. Still today, both books are widely taught in literature and other classes. Kingston has earned additional awards, including the PEN West Award for Fiction for \u003cb\u003eTripmaster Monkey\u003c\/b\u003e, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the National Humanities Medal, which was conferred by President Clinton, as well as the title \"Living Treasure of Hawai'i\" bestowed by a Honolulu Buddhist church. Her most recent books include a collection of essays, \u003cb\u003eHawai\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003ei One Summer\u003c\/b\u003e, and latest novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Fifth Book of Peace\u003c\/b\u003e. Kingston is currently Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.01 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377071874355,"sku":"9780679727897","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UQS8z5Ps5f9780679727897.webp?v=1779314858","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tripmaster-monkey-his-fake-book-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}