American Woman (novel)
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American Woman is a 2003 novel written by the American writer Susan Choi (ISBN 0-06-054222-5). The novel is based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by radicals of the Symbionese Liberation Army. It was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[1][2]
References
- ^ Emmanuel Sampath Nelson The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American ... 0313330603- 2005 Page 455 "Choi's second novel, American Woman (2003), returns to the importance of history in determining character. Here, she focuses on the controversy surrounding Patty Hearst: a young heiress kidnapped by a revolutionary group (Symbionese ..."
- ^ Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature 2015 - 1438140584 "Choi's second novel, American Woman, fictionalizes the historical event of Patty Hearst's 1974 kidnapping at the hands of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a militant group with a radical political agenda. Nominated for the 2004 PulitzerPrizein ...