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Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act

Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act

FromNPR's Book of the Day


Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Author Jenny Tinghui Zhang is out with a new historical fiction novel, Four Treasures In The Sky. Set in the 1800s during the height of anti-Chinese sentiment, a young girl named Daiyu is kidnapped and brought to the U.S. Zhang told NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that she has seen a lot of reviews that refer to this book as 'timely' – and that she does not think that is a good thing when a book is about racism.
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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