Rose, Rose, I Love You

Name: Rose, Rose, I Love You
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ISBN: 9780231112024

ISBN-10: 0231112025

ISBN-13: 9780231112024

Edition: 1998

Authors: Chen-ho Wang, Howard Goldblatt, Wang Chen-ho

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In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective -- and common sense -- at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. A rotund, excitable high school English teacher receives word that 300 GIs are coming from Vietnam for a weekend of R and R. He persuades the owners of the Big 4 brothels that they will all take in more U.S. dollars if the pleasure girls can speak a little English; his plan is to train fifty specially selected prostitutes in a "Crash Course for Bar Girls." The teacher, Dong Siwen (his name means "refinement") enlists the eager support of local Councilman Qian and the managers of such elite…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/16/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English