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Book Description:
Originally published in 1957,The Flower Drum Song was a groundbreaking work of popular literature. An immediate bestseller, it inspired the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This charming, bittersweet tale of romance and the powerful bonds of family tells the story of Wang Ta, who wants what every young American man wants: a great career and a woman to love. Living in San Francisco's Chinatown-with his widowed father, Old Master Wang, who misses the old way of life in China, and his younger brother, who just wants to be a normal American teenager-Wang Ta becomes involved with a series of women as he searches for love and the American dream. Comic, poignant, and sexy, The Flower Drum Song is an astute portrayal of immigrants struggling with assimilation. This edition features a new introduction by David Henry Hwang.
中文簡介：
《花鼓戲》的故事取材于舊金山(San Francisco)唐人街上的中國人。故事圍繞著唐人街里幾代人的矛盾和代溝展開。在老一代人固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持中國習(xí)俗的同時(shí)，在唐人街上長大的年輕人卻更認(rèn)同美國人的思考方式和生活方式。不過，按照喜劇的傳統(tǒng)，大團(tuán)圓的結(jié)尾必不可少，主人公也與心上人終成眷屬。
About Author:
C. Y. Lee arrived in the United States in 1943 and graduated from Yale in 1947 with an MFA in playwriting. He has been a contributor to Radio Free Asia and an editor at Chinese World and Young China.
黎錦揚(yáng)，享譽(yù)百老匯著名華人作家，上世紀(jì)40年代初(C. Y. Lee)赴美國留學(xué)，畢業(yè)于耶魯大學(xué)，并定居美國。他曾擔(dān)任過自由亞洲電臺的撰稿人，《華人世界》雜志編輯。
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