The Third Son: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616203277 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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The wry humor will also hold readers: he finally gets a job teaching what he knows nothing about, barely one chapter ahead of his students. Rooted in time and culture, Wu’s debut novel opens up the family immigrant story with no sweet resolution after leaving home. From Booklist Growing up in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Saburo feels rejected by his family. He finds love with Yoshiko, and, after their marriage, he leaves her and their baby son to find them a home in the U.S., but it takes years to get a college education and find work in Michigan, whi
The Third Son is a sparkling and moving story about a young boy with his head in the clouds who, against all odds, finds himself on the frontier of America’s space program.“An appealing coming-of-age story packed with vivid historical detail.” The Christian Science Monitor“A boy growing up in Japanese-occupied Taiwan in the 1940s will do anything to escape his tormenting family and reconnect with his first love in this compelling work of fiction.” O: The Oprah Magazine<
"Filial duty" according to Jack Golden. With stunning insights into post wwII Taiwan, Ms. Wu paints a powerful picture of patriarchy at work: we follow Saburo(the third son) thru painful early years via a remarkably sensitive story of despair, love, self-awareness and self-actualization.. Summerroll said Heartfelt narrative and vision. Taiwan's tumultuous history as a colony of imperialist nations comes alive in this poignant tale.The "Third Son" of the story is Saburo Tong. His journey begins in 19Heartfelt narrative and vision Summerroll Taiwan's tumultuous history as a colony of imperialist nations comes alive in this poignant tale.The "Third Son" of the story is Saburo Tong. His journey begins in 1943, with the Americans bombing the Japanese-occupied Taiwan. His world and identity, as a Taiwanese subject with a Japanese name, is turned sideways, as he trades Japanese masters for Chinese Nationalist masters. These are soldiers led by General Chiang Kai-shek, fleeing the communist mainland. Saburo is also an independent thinker perpetually scorned b. Heartfelt narrative and vision Taiwan's tumultuous history as a colony of imperialist nations comes alive in this poignant tale.The "Third Son" of the story is Saburo Tong. His journey begins in 19Heartfelt narrative and vision Summerroll Taiwan's tumultuous history as a colony of imperialist nations comes alive in this poignant tale.The "Third Son" of the story is Saburo Tong. His journey begins in 1943, with the Americans bombing the Japanese-occupied Taiwan. His world and identity, as a Taiwanese subject with a Japanese name, is turned sideways, as he trades Japanese masters for Chinese Nationalist masters. These are soldiers led by General Chiang Kai-shek, fleeing the communist mainland. Saburo is also an independent thinker perpetually scorned b. 3, with the Americans bombing the Japanese-occupied Taiwan. His world and identity, as a Taiwanese subject with a Japanese name, is turned sideways, as he trades Japanese masters for Chinese Nationalist masters. These are soldiers led by General Chiang Kai-shek, fleeing the communist mainland. Saburo is also an independent thinker perpetually scorned b. , with the Americans bombing the Japanese-occupied Taiwan. His world and identity, as a Taiwanese subject with a Japanese name, is turned sideways, as he trades Japanese masters for Chinese Nationalist masters. These are soldiers led by General Chiang Kai-shek, fleeing the communist mainland. Saburo is also an independent thinker perpetually scorned b. "Aware of convention but burdened by it." One of the joys of reading is being instantly transported to far-away places and recent, yet removed times of history. Few Americans are intimately familiar with the embattled post-World War II Taiwan - once Japanese-occupied and now given to the Nationalist Chinese as a sort of booby prize. But the history is lush and heartbreaking and Julie Wu has a great chance to educate her readers.The novel centers on two key characters - Saboro, the least favored third son of a self-important father and his love Yoshiko, who