The song poet : a memoir of my father / Kao Kalia Yang.
The song poet : a memoir of my father / Kao Kalia Yang.
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/457
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 271 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Album notes -- Side A: Birth of a song poet -- Bee Yang -- Track 1: Birth of a song poet -- Track 2: A fatherless boyhood -- Track 3: Brothers and sisters -- Track 4: Love song -- Track 5: Cry of machines -- Side B: Song for my children: Kao Kalia Yang -- Track 6: Doctors and lawyers -- Track 7: The...
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America. In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spi...
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The song poet : a memoir of my father / Kao Kalia Yang.
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©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2017/457
Record Identifier
74VKVOylmjBA
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ISBN
9781627794947 hardcover
1627794948 hardcover
DDC
305.895972073
MMS ID
991024061709002626
