5/24/2023 0 Comments Pao by Kerry Young![]() In spite of Gloria's qualities, Yang Pao cannot shake society's mandate to marry someone of a certain social class. Yang Pao's actions as a fictional character reveal much about how West Indian men view women in general. It helps to put history in a whole new light.A good example of this is Yang Pao's marriage to Fay Wong and his rejection of Gloria, the prostitute that he fell in love with in the beginning of Young's novel. ![]() There's nothing like comparing history and cultural experiences through literature. It's not a far stretch of the imagination to visualise readers taking the plunge, after reading it, to explore Gloria, the prequel to Pao, and then one of Amy Tan's novels like The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife or The Bonesetter's Daughter, all books about the Chinese-American experience. Take, for instance, Pao by Kerry Young, our current Sunday Arts Section (SAS) Book Club choice.Pao is a light, entertaining Jamaican novel that allows readers to explore Chinese and West Indian history while understanding the role of Chinese immigration in the Caribbean. ![]() A book can lead you in a thousand directions. ![]()
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