Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood
First edition cover of Canadian release
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| Author | Wayson Choy |
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| Country | Canada |
| Subject | Immigrant generations |
| Genre | Non-fiction, memoir |
| Publisher | Viking Penguin |
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Publication date
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October 1, 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp. |
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Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Wayson Choy, first published in October 1999 by Viking Press. In the book, the author chronicles his experience growing up as an immigrant in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s.
Paper Shadows received shortlist honours for the 2000 "Vancouver City Book Award" and won the 2000 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".
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