{"product_id":"tripmaster-monkey-his-fake-book","title":"Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaxine Hong Kingston\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780679727897\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1990\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years - From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChina Men\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel centered on the life of a Chinese-American hippie and aspiring playwright as he explores the complexities of identity, culture, and artistic ambition. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dazzling leap of imaginative sympathy [and] narrative magic.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWittman Ah Sing is a young Chinese-American hippie in San Francisco during the late sixties. Named after America's quintessential poet, indomitably garrulous and free-spirited, Wittman is as American as James Dean. Yet he also bears a strking resemblance to Monkey, the trickster-saint of Chinese legend who helped bring the Buddhist scriptures from India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by his dream of writing and staging an epic production of interwoven Chinese novels and folktales, Wittman embarks on an extraordinary journey through an era as fantastic as his ambition. \u003ci\u003eTripmaster Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns surreal; exuberantly charged with spectacle, violence, and Chinese \"talk-story\"; and wildly, bitterly funny. Kingston's masterful storytelling brings to life the struggles and triumphs of a young man caught between two worlds on a quest for self-discovery and cultural reconciliation.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book | Maxine Hong Kingston | Paperback | 9780679727897 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1712642","offer_id":48313195167896,"sku":"1712642","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61Qsxkz1rVL.jpg?v=1773163531","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/tripmaster-monkey-his-fake-book","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}