Eat A Bowl Of Tea: A novel of New York's Chinatown Summary and Reviews

Eat A Bowl Of Tea: A novel of New York's Chinatown
by Louis Chu

Eat A Bowl Of Tea: A novel of New York's Chinatown
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Author: Louis Chu
Introduction: Jeffrey Chan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-02-01
ISBN: 0818403950
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Lyle Stuart

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Book Review: A great experience of New York's Chinatown
Summary: 5 Stars

Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu was first published in 1961. It's a satire of New York's Chinatown's bachelor society.Characters include the Ben Loy the son of a "bachelor" father. He has been sent to China after WWII to get married. After getting married to his bride Mei Oi, they return to America where he finds himself impotent to love his traditional good wife. Another character Ah Song is a thug and a gambler who seduces Mei Oi. The story continues and basically depics Chinatown and the Chinese Americans of the time. In the novel there are examples of the language with the heavy Chinese accent. The story expresses the theme of the bachelor's society and and the morals of a traditional wife compared to a prositute. Pages 250

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