Wayson Choy

The Jade Peony

Multigenerational Chinese-Canadian family saga centered on a jade peony and ancestral memories

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Wayson Choy

Chinese-Canadian novelist whose The Jade Peony is a lyrical portrait of Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s. Paper Shadows is his celebrated memoir. He is a foundational figure in Chinese-Canadian literature.

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