02 Mar / American Visa by Wang Ping [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
Eleven interrelated short stories about young Seaweed, a determined young woman in China during the Cultural Revolution in search of higher education. She endures “reeducation” at a remote village labor camp, gets herself into college, and eventually immigrates to the U.S., becoming the sole source of hope for new life for the family she leaves behind.
Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997
Readers: Adult
Published: 1994