{"product_id":"monkey-bridge-paperback","title":"Monkey Bridge - 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\u003eLan Cao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by critics and writers as powerful, important fiction, \u003cb\u003eMonkey Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e charts the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike navigating a monkey bridge--a bridge, built of spindly bamboo, used by peasants for centuries--the narrative traverses perilously between worlds past and present, East and West, in telling two interlocking stories: one, the Vietnamese version of the classic immigrant experience in America, told by a young girl; and the second, a dark tale of betrayal, political intrigue, family secrets, and revenge--her mother's tale. The haunting and beautiful terrain of \u003cb\u003eMonkey Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e is the \"luminous motion,\" as it is called in Vietnamese myth and legend, between generations, encompassing Vietnamese lore, history, and dreams of the past as well as of the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With incredible lightness, balance and elegance,\" writes Isabel Allende, \"Lan Cao crosses over an abyss of pain, loss, separation and exile, connecting on one level the opposite realities of Vietnam and North America, and on a deeper level the realities of the material world and the world of the spirits.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Quality Paperback Book Club Selection and New Voices Award nominee \u003cbr\u003e - A Kiriyama Pacific Rim Award Book Prize nominee\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLan Cao\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of international law at Brooklyn Law School and resides in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.78 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227097579769,"sku":"9780140263619","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YmRkeFcwMVBoY2pTUmg2UUxVMElPdz09.webp?v=1768274400","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/monkey-bridge-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}