Издания и произведения

Qian is just seven when she moves to America, the 'Beautiful Country', where she and her parents find that the roads of New York City are not paved with gold, but crushing fear and scarcity. Unable to speak English at first, Qian and her parents must work wherever they can to survive, all while she battles hunger and loneliness at school. Thus begins an extraordinary story that describes, in vivid colours, days labouring in sweatshops and sushi factories, ni

Цянь Джули Ван приехала в Америку, когда ей было семь лет - отцу пришлось покинуть Китай, чтобы избежать ареста за выступления против правительства. Они жили без документов нелегально, в постоянном страхе депортации. Отец, профессор английского языка, теперь трудился на простых работах, а мать, профессор математики, - в потогонных цехах, часто вместе с Цянь. Ксенофобия американцев, постоянный страх и беспросветная бедность превратили некогда успешных преподавателей в беззащитных, издерганных, полных отчаяния людей. Мир маленькой девочки рухнул: дома ссоры между родителями, в школе – издевательства и насмешки учеников и учителей.…

In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another. Shunned by her classmates and teachers for her limited English, Qian takes refuge in the library and…