Thank You, Mr. Nixon
Jen, Gish / Jen, Gish
The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write-a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds-a work that Cynthia Ozick has called "an art beyond art. It is life itself."Beginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to "poor Mr. Nixon" in...