Asian-Australians have often been writeen about outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, comiled by award- winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. They tell tales of leaving home, falling
【作者简介】
Alice Pung is a Melbourne writer and lawyer whose work has appeared in The Monthly, Good Weekend, the Australian and Meanjin. Her book Unpolished Gem received the Australian book industry's Newcomer of the Year award and was shortlisted for the NSW premier's Literary Awards, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the Bookseller's Choice Awards.
【目录】
Contents Alice Pung- Introduction Strine Amy Choi- The Relative Advantage of Learning My Language Sunil Badami- Sticks and Stones and Such-like Tom Cho- Learning English Ivey Tseng- Chinese Lessons Pioneers Ken Chau- The early Settlers, The Terrorists Francis Lee- The Upside-Down Year Thao Nguyen- The Water Bufflo Christopher Cyrill- The Ganges and Its Tributaries Simon Tong- The Beat of a Different Drum Battlers Hop Dac- Pigs from Home Annette Shun Wah- Spiderbait Lily Chan- Take Me Away, Please Kevin Lai & Matt Huynh-ABC Supermarket Mates Aditi Gouvernel-Wei-Lei and Me Oliver Phommavanh- Hot and Spicy Ray WIng-Lun Lessons from My School Years Tanveer Ahmed-Exotic rissole The Folks Vanessa Woods- Perfect Chinese Children Simone Lazaroo- The Asian Disease Rudi Soman- Crackers Oanh Thi Tran- Conversations with My Parents Bon-Wai Chou- The Year of the Rooster Mia Francis- Are You Different? The Clan Benjamin Law- Tourism Ken Chau- The Family Tree, The Firstborn Diem Vo- Family Life Ken Chan-Quarrel HaiHa Le- Ginseng Tea and a Pair of Thongs Legends Philip Tang- Teenage Dreamers Shalini Akhil- Destiny Cindy Pan- Dancing Lessons Chin Shen- Papa Bear Glenn Lieu& Matt Huynh- A New Challenger The Hots Benjamin Law-Towards Manhood Chi Vu- The Lover in the Fish Sauce Xerxes Matza- The Embarrassments of the Gods Lian Low- My First Kiss Jenny Kee- A Big Life UnAustralian? Uyen Loewald-Be Good, Little Migrants Lenne Hall- How to Be Japanese Tony Ayres-Silence James Chong-Anzac Day Mei Yen Chua- Speical Menu Michele Law- A Call to Arms Joo-Inn Chew- Chinese Dancing, Bendigo Style Tall Poppies Quan Yeomans Khoa Do Hoa Pam Jason Yat-Sen Li Shaun Tan John So Joy Hopwood Anh Do Caroline Tran Leaving Home Diana Nguyen- Five Ways to Disappoint Your Vietnamese mother Pauline Nguyen- The Courage of Soldiers Paul Nguyen- You Can't Choose Your Memories Emily J. Sun- These Are the Photographs We Take Homecoming Kylie Kwong-My China Blossom Beedy-The Face in the Mirror Jacqui Larkin- Baked Beans and Burnt Toast Sim Shen-Hanoi and Other Homes
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