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The Foreigner
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Author : Francie Lin
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2008-05-27
The Foreigner written by Francie Lin and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-27 with Fiction categories.
Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Set against the Taiwanese criminal underworld, The Foreigner is Francie Lin's audacious debut novel. A noirish tale about family, fraternity, conscience, and the curious gulf between a man's culture and his deepest self Emerson Chang is a mild mannered bachelor on the cusp of forty, a financial analyst in a neatly pressed suit, a child of Taiwanese immigrants who doesn't speak a word of Chinese, and, well, a virgin. His only real family is his mother, whose subtle manipulations have kept him close--all in the name of preserving an obscure idea of family and culture. But when his mother suddenly dies, Emerson sets out for Taipei to scatter her ashes, and to convey a surprising inheritance to his younger brother, Little P. Now enmeshed in the Taiwanese criminal underworld, Little P seems to be running some very shady business out of his uncle's karaoke bar, and he conceals a secret--a crime that has not only severed him from his family, but may have annihilated his conscience. Hoping to appease both the living and the dead, Emerson isn't about to give up the inheritance until he uncovers Little P's past, and saves what is left of his family. The Foreigner is a darkly comic tale of crime and contrition, and a riveting story about what it means to be a foreigner--even in one's own family.
The Foreigner
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Author : Larry Shue
language : en
Publisher: Samuel French
Release Date : 1985
The Foreigner written by Larry Shue and has been published by Samuel French this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Drama categories.
Trying to forget his marital problems, dull and doleful Charlie Baker takes a fishing-lodge holiday in the Deep South of America, and to avoid being pestered by the locals pretends that he is a foreigner who speaks no English. This leads him to becoming involved, at first unwillingly, in bizarre goings-on featuring a corrupt preacher, his pregnant girlfriend, her none-too-bright kid brother and the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan -2 women, 5 men
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
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Chenxi And The Foreigner
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Author : Sally Rippin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Chenxi And The Foreigner written by Sally Rippin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with China categories.
Originally published: Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2008.
The Foreigner In China
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Author : Lucius N. Wheeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Foreigner In China written by Lucius N. Wheeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with China categories.
Democracy And The Foreigner
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Author : Bonnie Honig
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Democracy And The Foreigner written by Bonnie Honig and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Political Science categories.
What should we do about foreigners? Should we try to make them more like us or keep them at bay to protect our democracy, our culture, our well-being? This dilemma underlies age-old debates about immigration, citizenship, and national identity that are strikingly relevant today. In Democracy and the Foreigner, Bonnie Honig reverses the question: What problems might foreigners solve for us? Hers is not a conventional approach. Instead of lauding the achievements of individual foreigners, she probes a much larger issue--the symbolic politics of foreignness. In doing so she shows not only how our debates over foreignness help shore up our national or democratic identities, but how anxieties endemic to liberal democracy themselves animate ambivalence toward foreignness. Central to Honig's arguments are stories featuring ''foreign-founders,'' in which the origins or revitalization of a people depend upon a foreigner's energy, virtue, insight, or law. From such popular movies as The Wizard of Oz, Shane, and Strictly Ballroom to the biblical stories of Moses and Ruth to the myth of an immigrant America, from Rousseau to Freud, foreignness is represented not just as a threat but as a supplement for communities periodically requiring renewal. Why? Why do people tell stories in which their societies are dependent on strangers? One of Honig's most surprising conclusions is that an appreciation of the role of foreigners in (re)founding peoples works neither solely as a cosmopolitan nor a nationalist resource. For example, in America, nationalists see one archetypal foreign-founder--the naturalized immigrant--as reconfirming the allure of deeply held American values, whereas to cosmopolitans this immigrant represents the deeply transnational character of American democracy. Scholars and students of political theory, and all those concerned with the dilemmas democracy faces in accommodating difference, will find this book rich with valuable and stimulating insights.
The Foreigner
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Author : Stephen Leather
language : en
Publisher: Hodder
Release Date : 2017-11-14
The Foreigner written by Stephen Leather and has been published by Hodder this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-14 with Fiction categories.
Stephen Leather's BESTSELLING breakthrough thriller, previously published as THE CHINAMAN - perfect for fans of Lee Child and James Patterson. He understood death. Jungle-skilled, silent and lethal, he had killed for the Viet Cong and then for the Americans. He had watched helpless when his two eldest daughters had been raped and killed by Thai pirates. Now all that was behind him. Quiet, hard-working and unassuming, he was building up his South London take-away business. Until the day his wife and youngest daughter were destroyed by an IRA bomb in a Knightsbridge department store. Then, simply but persistently, he began to ask the authorities who were the men responsible, what was being done. And was turned away, fobbed off, treated as a nuisance. Which was when, denied justice, he decided on revenge. And went back to war. Praise for Stephen Leather 'Explores complex contemporary issues while keeping the action fast and bloody' Economist 'Action and scalpel-sharp suspense' Daily Telegraph 'The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist' Sunday Express
The Foreigner
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Author : Ralph Connor
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-04-09
The Foreigner written by Ralph Connor and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-09 with categories.
"The Foreigner" from Ralph Connor. Canadian novelist (1860-1937).
The Foreigner
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Author : Maurice Belfonte
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10-21
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Fifteen-year-old Michael Bell's life has just been turned upside down. Violent uprisings in his home, Trinidad and Tobago have forced his mother to send him and his sister to temporarily stay with their aunt and uncle in New York. But when the worst happens, Michael realizes that New York will be his permanent home and that he may never return to his old life again.Suddenly placed in a strange world, Michael is given the chance to befriend Vince, the most popular boy in school. Michael takes the opportunity, even though Vince is part of a bad crowd. But as he is pressured to follow a dangerous path with his new friends, he must decide how far he'll go to prove himself to others.
The Chinaman
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Author : Stephen Leather
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Chinaman written by Stephen Leather and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Nguyen Minh fought with the Viet Cong, before changing sides to become an efficient hunter of his former comrades. Imprisoned and tortured by the victorious North Vietnamese, he saw two of his daughters die. So when his wife and third daughter are killed by an IRA bomb, Nguyen seeks revenge.