Mrs Spring Fragrance And Other Writings Sui Sin Far Edith Maude Eaton by Sui Sin Far, Edith Maude Eaton, C Pam Zhang (introduction) 9780593241219, 0593241215 instant download after payment.

In this rediscovered classic of linked short stories set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Sui Sin Far portrays Chinese immigrants as they fall in love, encounter racism, & wrestle with their new Americanized identities—decades before writers like Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan.

By turns tender & dramatic, Mrs. Spring Fragrance tells of the Chinese women & men as they confront prejudice & forced detention; choose to assimilate or stay true to their cultural heritage; meet both kind & predatory Americans; & find love, purpose, & understanding in their new home.

These stories are windows into the lives of everyday people in an unforgiving city, who find solidarity & hope in the most unexpected places.

The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, & a spirit of resistance. 

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A century before Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, & Gish Jen, Sui Sin Far wrote fictional, autobiographical, & journalistic works that portray Chinese American identities & communities, experiences & worlds, discrimination & successes, with nuance & power.

Far, christened Edith Maude Eaton before adopting her Chinese pen name for all her published writings, was born in England to an English father & a Chinese immigrant mother. The family moved to Montreal a few years later, & she grew up in that multi-cultural Canadian city before spending a lifetime traveling & living throughout the Americas, including extended stints in the Caribbean, San Francisco, Seattle, & Boston. 

Far produced both travel & autobiographical writings about these communities & about the lives & identities of Chinese Americans in them.