The Resource Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang
Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang
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The item Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 11 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 11 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why--she doesn't know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. When her long-time boyfriend, J, desides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad school, she sees an excuse to cut and run. Moving is meant to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history, she must confront a question at the core of her identitiy: How do you exist in a society that does not notice or understand you?"-- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062951809
- Label
- Days of distraction : a novel
- Title
- Days of distraction
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexandra Chang
- Subject
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- Humorous fiction
- Interracial dating -- Fiction
- trueInterracial romance
- trueIthaca, New York
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Fiction
- trueNorth American people
- trueRace relations
- trueSelf-discovery
- trueSilicon Valley, California
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- trueYoung adults
- trueAmerican people
- trueAsian American women
- Asian Americans -- Fiction
- trueAsian people
- Bildungsromans
- trueEast Asian people
- trueHigh technology industry and trade
- trueIdentity
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why--she doesn't know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. When her long-time boyfriend, J, desides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad school, she sees an excuse to cut and run. Moving is meant to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history, she must confront a question at the core of her identitiy: How do you exist in a society that does not notice or understand you?"-- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10848609
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chang, Alexandra
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3603.H357273
- LC item number
- D39 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women journalists
- Interracial dating
- Asian Americans
- Man-woman relationships
- Moving, Household
- Label
- Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1099539379
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062951809
- Lccn
- 2019016988
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1099539379
- Label
- Days of distraction : a novel, Alexandra Chang
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1099539379
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062951809
- Lccn
- 2019016988
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1099539379
Subject
- Humorous fiction
- Interracial dating -- Fiction
- trueInterracial romance
- trueIthaca, New York
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- Moving, Household -- Fiction
- trueNorth American people
- trueRace relations
- trueSelf-discovery
- trueSilicon Valley, California
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- trueYoung adults
- trueAmerican people
- trueAsian American women
- Asian Americans -- Fiction
- trueAsian people
- Bildungsromans
- trueEast Asian people
- trueHigh technology industry and trade
- trueIdentity
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
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