Binding: Paperback
Description: A NEW YORK Times Notable BOOK OF THE YEAR A Washington POST Notable BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF Barack OBAM a's Favorite Books OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR's BEST Books OF 2020 Longlisted FOR THE 2020 Booker Prize Finalist FOR THE 2020 Center FOR Fiction First Novel Prize Winner OF THE Rosenthal Family Foundation Award FROM THE American Academy OF ARTS AND Letters A National BOOK Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree National Bestseller Belongs on a shelf all of its own. NPR Outstanding. The Washington Post Revolutionary A visionary addition to American literature. Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way they encounter giant buffalo bones tiger paw prints and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets sibling rivalry and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story an unforgettable sibling story and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page it's about the memories that bind and divide families and the yearning for home.
Title: How Much Of These Hills Is Gold
Author(s): Zhang C Pam
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780525537212
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/6/2021