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American Knees
American Knees
Author: Shawn Wong
American Knees is about relationships, sex, work, and family obligations. In other words, it's about life. "American Knees (a takeoff on the old schoolyard song, 'Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees. . .') is the story of how Raymond Ding, a politically correct man with a politically incorrect sense of humor, falls into, and out of, love with newspa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780295984964
ISBN-10: 0295984961
Publication Date: 4/2005
Pages: 229
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  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
Part love story, part race-relations study. Raymond is a Chinese American, raised in San Francisco's Chinatown and is head of a college minority relations program. Aurora is half Caucasian, half Japanese, raised in a white neighborhood. When Asian Americans date, does race matter? And how much of race matters? Are you part Asian, then part datee? These questions and more like them are explored with a humorous voice. Enjoyable, though some points are hard to comprehend if there is no racial diversity in your community.
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Helpful Score: 1
Started out really well but I must admit that I got antsy with it midway through. Some nice erotic dialogue.
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By page 50 I was still trying to care about the characters...I gave up at that point.


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