Immigrant voices Volume II / edited by Gordon Hutner. [print]

Contributor(s):

Hutner, Gordon

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780451472816

Other title:

Immigrant voices Volume 2

Subject(s):

Immigrants -- United States -- Biography

LOC classification:

JV6455.H981.I465 2015
JV6455

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Out of Egypt/ André Aciman -- West of Kabul, East of New York/ Tamim Ansary -- Almost home/ H.B. Cavalcanti -- Funny in Farsi/ Firoozeh Dumas -- The distance between us/ Reyna Grande -- Child of war, woman of peace/ Le Ly Hayslip -- The book of my lives/ Aleksandar Hermon -- Sandals in the snow/ Dr. Rose Ihedigbo -- American gypsy/ Oksana Marafioti -- The cooked seed/ Anchee Min -- Monsoon diary/ Shoba Narayan -- Not for everyday use/ Elizabeth Nunez -- Next Year in Cuba/ Gustavo Pérez Firmat -- Madre and I/ Guillermo Reyes -- Yes, chef/ Marcus Samuelsson -- Escape from despair/ Katarina Tepesh -- This voice in my heart/ Gilbert Tuhabonye -- Lucky child/ Long Ung -- The latehomecomer/ Kao Kalia Yang.

Subject: A compelling collection of essays providing a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries-the indispensable companion to Immigrant Voices. Filled with moving narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers a global and intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants confront. Their stories, told with pride, humor, trepidation, candor, and a touch of homesickness, offer rarely glimpsed perspectives on the difficult but ultimately rewarding quest to become an American. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, author of American Gypsy, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to present incredible contemporary portraits of immigrants and illustrate that America is, and always will remain, a fresh and ever-changing melting pot. ~ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Immigrant-Voices-2-Gordon-Hutner/dp/0451472810/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780451472816&qid=1626541291&sr=8-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	JV6455.H886.I465 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001689740

"Contemporary perspectives on finding the American dream"--Cover.

A compelling collection of essays providing a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries-the indispensable companion to Immigrant Voices. Filled with moving narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers a global and intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants confront. Their stories, told with pride, humor, trepidation, candor, and a touch of homesickness, offer rarely glimpsed perspectives on the difficult but ultimately rewarding quest to become an American. From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, author of American Gypsy, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to present incredible contemporary portraits of immigrants and illustrate that America is, and always will remain, a fresh and ever-changing melting pot. ~ Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Immigrant-Voices-2-Gordon-Hutner/dp/0451472810/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780451472816&qid=1626541291&sr=8-1

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