Maxine Hong Kingston: China Men

In her second memoir, ‘China Men’, Maxine Hong Kingston writes about Chinese immigration through the experiences of the men in her family. The title comes from the derogatory word “Chinaman”, which was commonly used against the Chinese in America. Like her first memoir, ‘The Woman Warrior’, this novel weaves folklore and nonfiction to talk about pertinent issues such as slave labour, discrimination and loneliness. It won the American Book Award for Non-fiction in 1981.

This is a first edition published in the United States from the private collection of Robert Yeo. The publication bears Kingston’s signature on the first page.