A Feather on the Breath of God
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Picador
Published: December 27, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780312422738
Subjects: General; Fiction / General; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: The first time I ever heard my father speak Chinese was at Coney Island.
Description: A ballet dancer reflects on her family. The daughter of immigrant parents, her father was a taciturn Chinese-Panamanian, while her mother was a voluble German filled with nostalgia. The tale includes a romance between the ballet dancer and a Russian immigrant.