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Asian American Novelists A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
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Emmanuel S. Nelson
Book Code: GR0911
ISBN: 0-313-30911-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30911-3
440 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2000
List Price: $133.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The present volume focuses uniquely on novelists, profiling the lives and work of more than 60 writers representing nine Asian American groups, making this work the most extensive and inclusive to date....Highly recommended for academic libraries, large public libraries, high school libraries, and libraries serving Asian American communities.
    —Choice
  • [T]he idea of bringing together information on a variety or writers working within the same discipline and coming from various parts of the large, polymorphous community known as Asian America is a highly useful concept. From my familiarity with Nelson's text, first as a researcher looking for resources on a single author and second as a reviewer attempting a thorough analysis, I would say that every library should have it.
    —Resources for American Literary Study     2005
  • Editor Nelson has added another valuable reference source to the growing bibliography of secondary sources on Asian American writers....All of the entries are well written and researched. The bibliographies of secondary sources include articles and reviews from both scholarly and popular journals and books, making the information accessible to a wide audience....This excellent resource concludes with a selected bibliography of anthologies secondary sources, and a few periodicals that publish Asian American writers....Recommneded for all academic as well as large public and high-school libraries.
    —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
  • Recommended specialty picks for discriminating college collections.
    —The Midwest Book Review
  • [An] easy-to-use reference book.
    —Multicultural Review
  • The contributors themselves are experts in their subject, which makes the reading of an entry enjoyable and insightful....This book will become invaluable for the scholar. It is also a refreshing way for the general reader to become acquainted with this new and interesting literature.
    —ARBA
Description: As a distinct area of literary study, Asian American literature now enjoys a level of critical recognition that was unimaginable when academic interest in the field began modestly some 25 years ago. Part of this recognition stems from the increasing contributions of Asian American novelists, whose works continue to capture growing levels of popular attention. By the early 1970s, anthologies of creative writing by Asian Americans began to appear, and there are now almost two dozen of them. Since then, numerous Asian American writers, such as Amy Tan, Michael Ondaatje, and Bharati Mukherjee, have gained considerable critical and commercial success. The publication of this reference work reflects the new academic status of Asian American literature. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 70 Asian American novelists. Since the historical and current experiences of Asians in Canada and the United States are substantially similar, the volume covers authors from both countries. While the majority of the writers profiled in the volume have East Asian backgrounds, some have South Asian or West Asian origins. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a short biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the novelist's critical reception, and separate bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. The volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography.
Table of Contents:
  • Meena Alexander by Brunda Moka-Dias
  • Himani Banerji by Geoffrey Kain
  • Susham Bedi by Brunda Moka-Dias
  • William Peter Blatty by Rhonda Brock-Servais
  • Vance Bourjaily by Ymitri Jayasundera
  • Cecilia Manguerra Brainard by Eleanor Ty
  • Theresa Hak Kyung Cha by Yi-Chun Tricia Lin
  • Diana Chang by Carol Roh-Spaulding
  • Evelina Chao by Wentong Ma
  • Frank Chin by Guiyou Huang
  • Sook Nyul Choi by Mara Scanlon
  • Denise Chong by Nikolas Huot
  • Louis Hing Chu by Shunzhu Wang
  • Richard Crasta (also Avatar Prabhu) by Barry Fruchter
  • Kiran Desai by Sarala Krishnamurthy
  • Chitra Baanerjee Divakaruni by Brunda Moka-Dias
  • Winnifred Eaton by Lisa Botshon
  • Indira Ganesan by Harish Chander
  • Stephen Gill by Anita Mannur
  • Jessica Tarahata Hegerdorn by Ruby Ramraj
  • Chuang Hua by Hailing Xiao
  • Cynthia Kadohata by Su-lin Yu
  • Younghill Kang by James Lingston
  • Richard E. Kim by Jae-Nam Han
  • Maxine Hong Kingston by Guiyou Huang
  • Bharti Kirchner by Krishna Lewis
  • Joy Kogawa by Cynthis F. Wong
  • Alex Kuo by Douglas Sugano
  • Helena Kuo by Jean Amato
  • Chang-Rae Lee by Martin Kich
  • C.Y. Lee Luchen Li
  • Gus Lee by John C. Hawley
  • Marie G. Lee by Rhonda Brock-Servais
  • Sky Lee by Martin Kich
  • Adet Lin (also Tan Yun) by Jean Amato
  • Steven C. Lo by Jeff Patridge
  • Bette Bao Lord by Jean Amato
  • Anchee Min by Shunzhu Wang
  • Rohintan Mistry by Bindi Malieckal
  • Kyoko Mori by Rhonda Brock-Servais
  • Toshio Mori by Sarah Catlin Barnhart
  • Bharati Mukherjee by Jespal Kaur Singh
  • Milton Murayama by Seri L. Luangphinith
  • Kirin Narayan by Maya M. Sharma
  • Fae Myenne by Maya M. Sharma
  • Mei No by Sarah Barnhart
  • Hualing Nie by Hailing Xiao
  • Sanjay Nigam by Jaina C. Sanga
  • John Okada by Fu-jen Chen
  • Michael Ondaatje by Cynthia F. Wong
  • Nahid Rachlin by Maya M. Sharma
  • Balachandra Rajan by Uppinder Mehan
  • Ninotchka Rosca by Shannon T. Leonard
  • Patsy Sumie Saiki by Seri L. Luangphinith
  • Bienvenido N. Santos by Anita Mannur
  • Lisa Lenine See by Xian Liu
  • Shyam Selvadurai by Peter G. Christensen
  • Vikram Seth by Anthony R. Guneratne
  • Mai-mai Sze by Jean Amato
  • S. Shankar by Brunda Moka-Dias
  • Bapsi Sidhwa by Janet M. Powers
  • Lin Tai-Yi (also Anor Lin or Lin Wu-Shuang) by Jean Amato
  • Amy Tan by Wenying Xu
  • Linda Ty-Casper by Shannon T. Leonard
  • Holly Uyemoto by Suzanne Hotte Massa
  • Jade Snow Wong by Leela Kapai
  • Shawn Wong by Chih-Ping Chen
  • Lois-Ann Yamanaka by Chih-Ping Chen
  • Karen Tei Yamashita by Douglas Sugano
LC Card Number: 99-16099
LCC Class: PS153
Dewey Class: 813
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