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Chargement... Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown Childhoodpar Larry Wong
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Difference is key to the experiences of the characters brought to life in Wong’s collection. Wong’s father’s life story is one of the success of survival. Like many of the early residents of Vancouver’s Chinatown, Wong Quon Ho’s experience extended between China and Canada. It included love and loss, raising children, and operating a business. Wong Quon Ho’s life is contrasted with that of his friend, F.P. – whose story is one of a man who is ultimately consumed, both body and mind, by the sojourner experience. Wong includes carefully written descriptions of his mother, Lee Shee, who came to Vancouver from Kowloon as Wong Quon Ho’s second wife; and of his sister, Jennie, who left Chinatown and married a “Caucasian” butcher in Ontario. These narratives provide an understanding of generational as well as gendered difference in the experiences of Chinese women in Canada. Likewise, through his descriptions of his own past, Wong defines himself as Canadian, in contrast to his father’s generation and the immigrant population who moved in and out of Chinatown throughout the twentieth century. Wong’s memoirs offer a commentary on the diversity and malleability of experiences of racial oppression and socio-economic marginalization. They are presented in a way that resonates for many and, as such, this book gives substance to the scholarly narratives that have become so central to British Columbian and Canadian history.'
(Abstract source: http://www.bcstudies.com/?q=book-reviews/dim-sum-stories-chinatown-childhood)
'Dim sum in Chinese means "a little bit of heart." In restaurants, it is a moveable feast of tasty little morsels of dumplings of various kinds such as minced beef, prawns, and pork. They come steamed, baked, or deep-fried. There are also steamed buns, sticky rice chikcen, and even chicken feet for the adventurous. An infinite variety of choices. Textures range from the soft to the crunchy to the chewy. Tastes range from savoury to sweet. You pick and choose. It's a smorgasbord, al for your enjoyment and pleasure. Likewise here are not stories, but reminiscences of what it was like to live in mid-20th-century Chinatown in Vancouver. There are no story plots, no story lines; you pick and choose. Enjoy!'
(Abstract from introduction by Larry Wong)