Tripmaster Monkey : His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Kingston - 1989

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1989. U6 - In her first novel after her widely acclaimed autobiographical, Chinamen and The Woman Warrior, both winners of the National Book Critic’s Circle Award. In an interview Kingston revealed, "Tripmas ter Monkey is a fake book.. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. BH6 - An as new, tight, clean, sound copy with only minor overall shelf wear plus some very minor bumping of the top right corners. The dust jacket is in very good+ condition with only very minor overall shelf wear. A novel of San Francisco of the 1960s and its life of youth and art. The hero is a young Chinese American, six feet tall, skinny, hip, an unstoppable, word-drunk playwright, poet and talker. His dream is to write and stage a huge and impossible version of several interwoven Chinese novels and folktales. The story of his journey through an American time as fantastic as his ambition, almost surreal and charged with the spectacle and violence of Chinese "talk-story". by the author of "The Woman Warrior," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and "China Men". 340p.. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Knopf, 1989-04-15. Hardcover. Good. 1.3000 9.3000 6.3000. States First edition.Edges shows light foxing. Pages are clean and intact.

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., N . Y., 1989., 1989. Hardcover. Collectible, Fine/Fine. Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine red and blue pictorial dj. The main caracter in the book is Wittman Ah Sing, a young Chinese American, ex-Berkeley student, poet, talker, and word-drunk playwright. He's skinny, hip, six feet tall, a poet, a genius, and a nut. Above all he is a rebel, and like the Monkey (the blessed saint-troublemaker of Chinese legend who helped bring the Buddhist scriptures from India) a rebel with a cause. 340 pp.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Author's first novel after her a wide-ranging tale of a Chinese-American's struggle to write the great Chinese-American novel. NF (light foxing to top edge) in a fine jacket, this is a first printing.