Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood
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Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood is a memoir
by Wayson Choy
. It was first published in 1999 by Viking Canada.
The book recounts Choy's experiences growing up in Vancouver
's Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s.
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
by Wayson Choy
Wayson Choy
Wayson Choy, CM is a Canadian writer.-Early life:Choy was born in Vancouver in 1939. A Chinese Canadian, he spent his childhood in the city's Chinatown...
. It was first published in 1999 by Viking Canada.
The book recounts Choy's experiences growing up in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
's Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s.