The Barbarians are Coming
 Cover photo of the Penguin paperback edition | |
| Author | David Wong Louie |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Chinese Americans fiction, Black humor |
| Genre | novel |
| Published | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 372 |
| Awards | Shirley Collier Prize |
| ISBN | 9780399146039 |
| OCLC | 41606328 |
The Barbarians are Coming is a novel by David Wong Louie.
The novel tells the story of a Chinese American man trying to make it in the United States while dealing with his immigrant parents and their desires for their son.[1][2][3][4]
The book was released in 2000 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, and received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly,[4] The Los Angeles Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle,[5] and Ploughshares.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- The Barbarians Are Coming: A Novel, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000, ISBN 9780399146039
References
[edit]- ^ Xu, Wenying. “Class and Cuisine in David Wong Louie’s The Barbarians Are Coming." Eating Identities: Reading Food in Asian American Literature, University of Hawaii Press, 2008, Chapter 3, pp. 62–93. JSTOR. Accessed December 24, 2024.
- ^ Eder, Richard (April 2, 2000). "Now We're Cooking". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Lee, Don (2000). "Reviewed work: The Barbarians Are Coming, David Wong Louie". Ploughshares. 26 (2/3): 225–227. JSTOR 40352827.
- ^ a b Staff writer (February 28, 2000). "Review: The Barbarians Are Coming". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
- ^ "'Barbarians' to Invade Chronicle Book Club". 19 March 2000.
Further reading
[edit]Excerpt from book. "Chapter 1". The New York Times. April 2000. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
External links
[edit]- The Barbarians Are Coming: A Reading by David Wong Louie, UCTV, 10/28/2002
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