Best-Selling Author Ruthanne McCunn Visit and Booksigning March 18, 2008

From Event details at Artsopolis.com!:

Times:
6pm-8pm




Luck, Love, and Resistance: The Chinese Experience on Both Sides of the Pacific. In McCunns new novel, God of Luck, Ah Lung and his wife, Bo See, are separated when he is kidnapped and sent to the deadly guano mines off the shore of Peru. Praying to the God of Luck and using their ingenuity, they never lose hope of some day being reunited. Author will read from and discuss this novel as well as Wooden Fish Songs and The Moon Pearl. Critically Acclaimed, McCunns work has been translated into eleven languages. Book signing and light refreshments conclude the program.

From Official Website:Best-selling author Ruthanne Lum McCunn visits San Jose Public Library to talk about and read from her latest novel, God of Luck. An Eurasian of Chinese and Scottish descent, hailed as "an American-Chinese author of remarkable talent," McCunn's has won many awards for her work, been translated into eleven languages, published in twenty-two countries, and adapted for the stage and film. Following her reading, McCunn will sign copies of her book which will be on sale at the event. Light refreshments will be provided.

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