{"product_id":"east-goes-west-by-younghill-kang","title":"East Goes West by Younghill Kang","description":"\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_lb-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer’s America” (Chang-rae Lee, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e) by the father of Korean American literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e part shrewd social commentary, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEast Goes West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48512404095221,"sku":"9780143134305","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/9446\/7737\/files\/9780143134305.jpg?v=1786040953","url":"https:\/\/wonderpens.ca\/products\/east-goes-west-by-younghill-kang","provider":"Wonder Pens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}