The Celestials
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Karen Shepard
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781935639558
Subjects: Roman; Labor unions; Chinese; Identity (Psychology); Amerikanisches Englisch; History; Fiction
Description: In June of 1870, seventy-five Chinese laborers arrived in North Adams, Massachusetts, to work for Calvin Sampson, one of the biggest industrialists in that busy factory town. Except for the foreman, the Chinese didn't speak English. They didn't know they were strikebreakers. The eldest of them was twenty-two. When Sampson's wife, Julia, gives birth to a mixed-race baby, the infant becomes a lightning rod for identity conflicts, alienation, and exile.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-366).