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The Barbarians are Coming

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The Barbarians are Coming

In a tale that alternates between black comedy and out-an-out slapstick, between the pain of a son alienated from his father and a father an alien in his son’s native land, The Barbarians Are Coming reveals the deep psychic wounds each man has suffered even as it ultimately leads to a reconciliation that is as moving as it is necessary. Here is a tale of the immigrant experienceæindeed, of the American experience: of the deracination of the second generation and the wrenching losses of the first.

The Barbarians are Coming
by David Wong Louie

  • Publication Date: March 6, 2000
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: A Marian Wood Book/Putnam
  • ISBN-10: 0399146032
  • ISBN-13: 9780399146039