American Knees
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| Author | Shawn Wong |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press |
| Released | 2005 Originally released 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | PAPER: 0-295-98496-1 9780295984964 |
"American Knees" is a novel written by Shawn Wong, first published in 1995 by Simon & Schuster. It is currently published by the University of Washington Press (2005). Conceived as a cultural response to Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club," Wong's book shocked and excited readers with its groudbreaking depiction of an unapologetically sexy Asian American man and three complex women.
The book humorously chronicles the romantic chapters in the life of Raymond Ding, a Chinese American university administrator who first marries and divorces the perfect Chinese American wife, dates and breaks up with a Hapa (bi-racial) younger woman, and gets involved with a Vietnamese American co-worker haunted by memories of the war.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction by Jeffrey F.L. Partridge
- Loyalty, Betrayal, and Revenge
- Gold Spike
- Eye Contact
- Open Curtains
- Sleepwalking
- Fear of Flying
- Moment of Resistance
- Chinese Girls
- Pathology
- Betty Loves Raymond
- Medical History
- Extravagance and Equilibrium
[edit] About the Author
Shawn Wong is the author of the award-winning novel "Homebase" and an editor of several anthologies of Asian American literature, including "Aiiieeeee!" and "The Big Aiiieeeee!" He is an English Professor and the director of the University Honors Program at the University of Washington.
[edit] Movie Version
A film adaptation, entitled Americanese will be released in 2007, from IFC Films. The film was written and directed by Eric Byler and produced by Lisa Onodera.
