Author, my old faithful and living treasures, out now. Bao, a law student at nanjing university, believed tong when he told her that she would not get pregnant after having sex because it was her first time. Victor and oliver sang take me out to the bookstore youtube. Huang offers a subtly powerful portrait of a confused chinese girls growth through tragedy and conflict into a strong young woman. Apr 10, 2018 yang huang grew up in chinas jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings.
Yang huang born june, 1971 is an american novelist and short story writer. Oct 23, 2019 yang huang, fiction writer and author of my old faithful and living treasures. Join author yang huang for a signing of her book living treasures, a gripping pageturner and an incisive social critique. Yang huang, author of living treasures, on librarything. It was a national tragedy, as china lost a historical opportunity. A law student defies the onechild policy to bestow the gift of life upon a rural family in the novel living treasures by yang huang. The story takes place in 1989, during the time of the tiananmen square massacre. A story of passion and conviction set in the mountains of rural china, living treasures celebrates the value of life and nature. Bao grows up to become a law student at a provincial chinese university during the. Yang huangs living treasures is also a next generation indie book awards gold medalist.
Mar 30, 2018 yang huang march 30, 2018 january 11, 2019 in fiction writers by chrystel guerin go deep into the process of character development with chinese born author yang huang and her new book my old faithful. A highly competitive university student and an elusive panda bear might seem to have little in common, but in the. In the novel living treasures yang huang s exquisite writing will engage all your sensestransporting you to china and the world of the novels heroine, gu bao, a young law student living during the time of the tiananmen square protests. Yang huang gu bao has always cherished a childhood memory of a starving panda who ate a hen in order to nurse her cub. The distinguished writers series is open to the public as well as to all csu east bay university students, staff, and faculty.
The following is from yang huangs collection, my old faithful. She lives in the bay area and works for the university of california, berkeley. Like a young alice munro, yang huangauthoritative, compassionate, and wittyhas a gift for creating characters whose actions, for good or evil, can take even themselves by surprise. Living treasures is a gripping and extraordinary historical and cultural novel that declares author yang huang as a talented, master storyteller. Living treasures in china, women are pressured, and in some cases forced, to abort if they already have one child. Her linked family story collection, my old faithful, won the juniper prize for fiction. Living treasures won the nautilus book award silver medal. Living treasures is a foreword indies finalist in historical adult fiction. Huang offers a subtly powerful portrait of a confused. Nov 22, 2014 victor and oliver sang take me out to the bookstore. Yang huangs debut novel, living treasures, won the nautalis book award silver medal in fiction. Mar 22, 2018 hercules author yang huang has another winner in her second book, my old faithful. Jenkins group is proud to announce the results of the seventh annual living now book awards.
Yang huang grew up in jiangsu, china and came to the u. I wanted to see hope, so i let bao, a law student, fall in love with tong, who is a soldier. Listed below are the complete results, starting with our choices for the three outstanding books of the. Living treasures, paperback by huang, yang, brand new, free shipping in the us. Bay area authors release tales of family, flight and war. In huangs debut novel, college student gu bao makes her way through an evolving. Yang huang is a chinaborn novelist and short story writer. Yang huang in conversation with kaitlin solimine mrs. Join author yang huang for a reading of her latest book, my old faithful. Some readers may find the books opening scene, in which a young bao encounters a renegade panda, overly fablelike, but huang avoids the trap of overusing the panda as a metaphor in the book. Yang huangs stories char t a fami lys life in china.
Why i write in english asian american writers workshop. Yang huang s debut novel, living treasures, won the nautalis book award silver medal in fiction. Her collection of linked family stories, my old faithful, won the juniper prize for fiction. Living treasures is a suspenseful, soulsatisfying novel by an impeccable storyteller.
Yang huangs debut novel, living treasures, takes us to china in 1989, the year of the student movement. Fiction publisher run by harvard alumni harvard square editions. Yang huang, fiction writer and author of my old faithful and living treasures. The wheels on the bus by yuhsuan huang book the fast free. Victor and oliver sang take me out to the bookstore. Yang huang s debut novel, living treasures, takes us to china in 1989, the year of the student movement. These ten interconnected short stories, which take place in china and the. Join author yang huang for a signing of her book living treasures, a gripping pageturner and an incisive social critique, portraying a young womans quest for romance and justice in a rigid society.
Yang huang previously spoke at san francisco main library about her debut novel living treasures, a nautilus book award winner. Nautilus book awards winnernext generation indie book awards gold. They sang freight train at the living treasures book party see. Her collection of linked family stories my old faithful won the juniper prize for. Her debut novel, living treasures, won the nautilus book award silver medal in fiction, and her essays and short stories have appeared in the. Living treasures was a bellwether prize finalist, which is a strong historical novel set in china against the onechild policy. Join author yang huang for a signing of her book living treasures, a gripping pageturner and an incisive social critique, portraying a young womans quest for romance and justice. While working as an engineer, she studied literature and pursued. Baos story is gripping and suspenseful, but huang expertly weaves in moments of quiet, almost. In huang s debut novel, college student gu bao makes her way through an evolving china that is. Some readers may find the books opening scene, in which a young bao encounters a renegade panda, overly fablelike, but huang avoids the trap of overusing the. Listed below are the complete results, starting with our choices for the three outstanding books of the year, followed by t. Living treasures is endearing, extraordinarily moving, and its timely message about life makes it a must read for young and old readers alike. Fiction writer, computer engineer, and a mother of two young men.
Harvard square editions fiction publisher run by harvard. My old faithful calendar san francisco public library. Evoking both the drama of familial intimacy and the ups and downs of the everyday, my old faithful introduces readers to a closeknit chinese family. The ten interconnected stories center on a closeknit, chinese family over the course of 30 years. This debut novel told from a unique perspective gives insight into the. Living treasures by huang, yang and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Her debut novel, living treasures, was a finalist for the 2008 bellwether prize.
Sep 12, 2018 yang huang grew up in chinas jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. These ten interconnected short stories, which take place in china and the united states over a. One of the pleasurable aspects of this book is the way that, in author yang huangs quiet but evocative prose, bao unobtrusively but unmistakably grows from a passive, unformed girl into a bold and decisive woman who is capable of seizing the initiative and solving problems without relying on others to guide her. While working as an engineer, she studied literature and pursued writing, her passion since childhood. A college student faces personal and political challenges in tiananmenera china. Her parents wanted her to continue with her studies, but to do that, she had. Mar 12, 2018 the following is from yang huang s collection, my old faithful. The program is to be conducted in english and chinese. Living treasures by huang, yang book the fast free shipping. My old faithful linked stories, living treasures, out now. Launched in 2008, the awards are designed to honor the year. While working as an engineer, she attended boston college and earned an mfa from the university of arizona. Yang huang, a chinese author, showed us how harsh the situation in the rural areas in china was when the onechild policy established by the government, in her debut book, living treasures.
Her debut novel, living treasures, won the nautilus book award silver medal in fiction. Huang does an admirable job balancing baos individual story against the canvas of chinas evolution using crisply drawn characters who reveal their layers as the story progresses. Elizabeth cotten wrote freight train when she was twelve years. A law student gets a second chance a chinese woman law student defies the onechild policy to bestow the gift of life upon a rural family while saving a baby panda. Living treasures explores love against a backdrop of. Hercules author yang huang has another winner in her second book, my old faithful. Please visit yangs website and like my book page on facebook. Her debut novel, living treasures, was a finalist for the 2008 bellwether prize and the 2014 indiefab book of the year awards now known as the foreword indies. Some readers may find the book s opening scene, in which a young bao encounters a renegade panda, overly fablelike, but huang avoids the trap of. Yang huang march 30, 2018 january 11, 2019 in fiction writers by chrystel guerin go deep into the process of character development with chinese born author yang huang and her new book my old faithful. Dec 11, 2014 they sang freight train at the living treasures book party see. Historical literature fiction medieval set 5001500 ad gold.
Mar 06, 2018 yang huang grew up in chinas jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Living treasures 2014 foreword indies finalist foreword. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Living treasures by yang huang harvard square editions. Some readers may find the books opening scene, in which a young bao encounters a renegade panda, overly fablelike, but huang avoids the trap of.
In the novel living treasures yang huangs exquisite writing will engage all your sensestransporting you to china and the world of the novels heroine, gu bao, a young law student living during the time of the tiananmen square protests. Yang huang grew up in china and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Her debut novel living treasures won the nautilus book award silver medal in fiction. Oct 23, 2014 a law student gets a second chance a chinese woman law student defies the onechild policy to bestow the gift of life upon a rural family while saving a baby panda. Like a young alice munro, yang huang authoritative, compassionate, and wittyhas a gift for creating characters whose actions, for good or evil, can take even themselves by surprise. Yang huang grew up in chinas jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings.