WHO'S IRISH?; Stories / Gish Jen
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a girl doing a backflip, 208 pages. Very Fine / Very Fine. Item #3808
ISBN: 9780375406218
Gish Jen, born Lilian Jen, (1955 -), is a second generation Chinese American award-winning author of novels, short stories, and speaker. WHO'S IRISH is her first collection of short fiction. Several of her short stories have been reprinted in The Best American Short Stories. Her piece "Birthmates", was selected as one of The Best American Short Stories of The Century by John Updike. WHO'S IRISH? collects eight of Jen's lively stories about Chinese-American life.
SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder marks.
Price: $45.00