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"The 11-year-old hero of Mr. Chin's inventive, energetic first novel is educated in his Chinese heritage through a series of astonishing dreams about working on the Central Pacific Railroad in 1869."—New York Times Book Review "Doubt not the ability of the gifted, passionate, funny Mr. Chin."—New Yorker
On the eve of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco's Chinatown, twelve-year-old Donald Duk attempts to deal with his comical name and his feelings for his cultural heritage.
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William Brannaman
reviewed Donald Duk on February 25, 2008
Donald Duk
Though this book was comical at times, it was otherwise a flat read. The message wasn't hard to discern, however in his writing, Chin didn't utilize techniques that had the power to influence my heart. Furthermore, while Chin argues against prejudice by race he includes oppression by class and gender. Overall this novel won't leave a lasting impression. Susan B. Richardson explained in her critique "The Lessons of Donald Duk":
"Ironically, the implied author does not learn by his own example, for he ignores King Duk's effective instructional method of allowing Donald to discover truths for himself. King guides and gently chides, but Donald himself does the research in the library, dreams the dreams of history, and reaches his own conclusions. By contrast, the author allows his audience little scope for the imaginative work of discovering meaning; in his rage for the audience to 'get it right', the author imposes control, homogenizes ethnic experience, and banishes ambiguity."
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