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Her short fiction has appeared in zyzzyva, the asian american. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Ryan water ghosts reshapes the immigrant tale in this precise and poetic work. She describes buildings, plants, a church service, a celebration in a gambling hall, but they feel less than permanent. Shawna yang ryan s melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. Apr 06, 2009 shawna yang ryans melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. Shawna yang ryan captures the characters of water ghosts in delicate description that draws the reader in until it is impossible to escape the deep confines of the story. Water ghosts, originally published as locke 1928, was a finalist for the 2008 northern california book award.
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Shawna yang ryan was born in sacramento, california, the child of parents who met during the vietnam war when her father was stationed in taiwan. When i checked into the title, i found that ryan, a taiwanese american, had set the story in 1928 in locke, california, the. Water ghosts great river regional library overdrive. Shawna yang ryan is a former fulbright scholar and the author of one previous novel, water ghosts. Jul 27, 2010 shawna yang ryan was born in sacramento, california, and received her ba from the university of california, berkeley, and her ma from the university of california, davis.
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