How Much of These Hills Is Gold

Description:

Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, *How Much of These Hills Is Gold* is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it’s about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.

subjects: Fiction, westerns,  Chinese americans, fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, coming of age,  Fiction, asian american,  Orphans,  Fiction,  Immigrants,  Sibling rivalry,  Fathers,  Death,  Family secrets,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Coming of Age,  FICTION / Asian American,  Burial

Places: American West (United States),  Northern California,  California

Times: The California Gold Rush