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The Gangster We Are All Looking For is the first novel by Vietnamese-American author lê thi diem thúy, published in 2003. It was first published as a short piece in The Best American Essays of 1997 and was also awarded a Pushcart Prize “Special Read More..

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Description	The Gangster We Are All Looking For is the first novel by Vietnamese-American author lê thi diem thúy, published in 2003. It was first published as a short piece in The Best American Essays of 1997 and was also awarded a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention.”Huand, Guiyou. Asian American Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. 201-203. Book.The novel is a fragmented sequence of events recollected by a nameless narrator. In a first-person narrative, the narrator tells the stories of her past experiences as a Vietnamese immigrant. The time and place continuously shift throughout the novel; the story takes place both in Vietnam and America. The novel is concerned with themes of identity, family dynamics, war, and liberation. Images of water are prominent symbolically and literally throughout the novel.Baumann, Paul. "Washing Time Away." The New York Times. 25 May 2003. Print.Nguyen, Chau. "In Search of the Gangster." UCLA Institute: Asia Pacific Arts. 9 April 2004. Web. <http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=9955>
Description	The Gangster We Are All Looking For is the first novel by Vietnamese-American author lê thi diem thúy, published in 2003. It was first published as a short piece in The Best American Essays of 1997 and was also awarded a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention.”Huand, Guiyou. Asian American Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. 201-203. Book.The novel is a fragmented sequence of events recollected by a nameless narrator. In a first-person narrative, the narrator tells the stories of her past experiences as a Vietnamese immigrant. The time and place continuously shift throughout the novel; the story takes place both in Vietnam and America. The novel is concerned with themes of identity, family dynamics, war, and liberation. Images of water are prominent symbolically and literally throughout the novel.Baumann, Paul. "Washing Time Away." The New York Times. 25 May 2003. Print.Nguyen, Chau. "In Search of the Gangster." UCLA Institute: Asia Pacific Arts. 9 April 2004. Web. <http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=9955>

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Name	The Gangster We Are All Looking For
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Authors	lê thi diem thúy
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	162
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	0-375-70002-1
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Publisher	Knopf
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Pub_date	2003
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Release_date	2003
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