. . "Ralph Chang - Fictitious Character." . . "China" . . "Domestic fiction." . . "Fiction." . . "FICTION General." . . "Chinese Americans Fiction." . . "Américains d'origine chinoise Romans." . . "Novela norteamericana s.XX." . . "Amerikaanse letterkunde." . . . . . "De wederwaardigheden van Chinese emigranten in de Verenigde Staten." . . "Typical American : a novel" . . "\"Yefing Chang becomes Ralph Chang in America and begins a hard struggle to achieve the American dream-- a career, a family and a home of his own. In poverty, he succeeds finally to win a doctoral degree, a college position, a happy marriage to Helen, two delightful daughter, and a close reunion with his older sister, Theresa. The dream becomes a nightmare when he meets Grover Ding whose corrupt influence over Ralph and Helen begins to unravel all that the Changs have managed to achieve. This is an honest novel that does not promise happy endings and recognizes the human weaknesses that can destroy a family's stability.\" Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 3d ed. Followed by 'Mona in the Promised Land.'" . . . . . "Typical american : a novel" . . . "The Changs immigarted to the United States from China for education and safety but are distracted by other goals."@en . . . . "Dian xing de Meiguo ren" . . . . . . . "The Chang family comes to the United States with no real intention of staying; however, when the Communists take over China in 1949, Ralph Chang begins to look at the American dream in a whole new light." . . . . . . . "Tekstuitgave" . . . . . . "Fiction" . . "romaner" . "Fiction"@en . . . "Typical American"@en . "Typical American" . "Yifeng has come to America to study to be an engineer and then return to China. But soon his name is Ralph Chang, he marries and has two daughters. This is the story of a family coming together and coming apart."@en . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Typisch Amerikaans" . . . . . "It's an American story: Before he was a thinker, or a doer, or an engineer, much less an imagineer like his self-made-millionaire friend Grover Ding, Ralph Chang was just a small boy in China, struggling to grow up his father's son. Gish Jen's immensely intelligent, thunderously funny, truly heartbreaking novel is perhaps the best story of contemporary immigrant experience ever to grace our literature, says Jayne Anne Phillips."@en . . . . "Domestic fiction"@en . "Domestic fiction" . . . . "典型的美国人" . "The Changs immigrated to the United States from China for education and safety but are distracted by other goals." .