American Knees

American Knees

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name = American Knees
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image_caption = 2005 cover
author = Shawn Wong
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = University of Washington Press
release_date = 2005
Originally released 1995
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media_type = Print (Hardback and Paperback)
pages = 240 pp
isbn = PAPER: 0-295-98496-1 9780295984964
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"American Knees" is a novel written by Shawn Wong, first published in 1995 by Simon & Schuster. It is currently published by the University of Washington Press (2005). Conceived as a cultural response to Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club," Wong's book shocked and excited readers with its groudbreaking depiction of an unapologetically sexy Asian American man and three complex women.

The book humorously chronicles the romantic chapters in the life of Raymond Ding, a Chinese American university administrator who first marries and divorces the perfect Chinese American wife, dates and breaks up with a "Hapa" (bi-racial) younger woman, and gets involved with a Vietnamese American co-worker haunted by memories of the war.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Jeffrey F.L. Partridge
# Loyalty, Betrayal, and Revenge
# Gold Spike
# Eye Contact
# Open Curtains
# Sleepwalking
# Fear of Flying
# Moment of Resistance
# Chinese Girls
# Pathology
# Betty Loves Raymond
# Medical History
# Extravagance and Equilibrium

About the author

Shawn Wong is the author of the award-winning novel "Homebase" and an editor of several anthologies of Asian American literature, including "Aiiieeeee!" and "The Big Aiiieeeee!" He is an English Professor and the director of the University Honors Program at the University of Washington.

Movie version

A film adaptation, entitled "Americanese", will be released in 2008, from IFC Films. The film was written and directed by Eric Byler, produced by Lisa Onodera, and stars Chris Tashima as central figure Raymond Ding.

External links

* [http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/WONAME.html "American Knees" from University of Washington Press]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2278/is_n1_v22/ai_19654391 review by Monica Chiu on MELUS]
* [http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/arts_culture_media/wong_american_knees_0506.asp Shawn Wong on film adaptation on IMDiversity.com]
* [http://www.nwasianweekly.com/200726019/bookfest20072619.htm Shawn Wong discusses "American Knees" becoming a movie, at Rainbow Bookfest (minority authors)] in Northwest Asian Weekly


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