num_pages: 192
description: A firstgeneration immigrant from China marries an exiled musician whose unfulfilled desires nearly destroy their children, in the title story in a collection of tales about the trials and tribulations of Asian Americans. Reprint.
language: English
title: Hunger
titlecomplete: Hunger
genres: Short Stories, Short Story Collection, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, School, Adult Fiction, Literature, China, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1475
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Penguin Books