The Jade Peony

Wayson Choy's poignant, award-winning debut novel is told from the point of view of three siblings who come of age in Vancouver's Chinatown during the Depression and war years. The Jade Peony is a sensitive depiction of the collision of cultures that all newcomers experience and the conflicts within families that can arise as a result. It's also a vivid evocation of the division between the world of adults and the world of childhood, rendered with insight, humour and grace.

When it was published in 1995, The Jade Peony won Ontario's Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award. The bookwas a finalist in Canada Reads 2010, when it was defended by Samantha Nutt.

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Canada Reads7:01Meet Canada Reads 2010 nominee Wayson Choy

In this audio podcast, Wayson Choy talks about his book, the Canada Reads debates and meeting Samantha Nutt for the first time.

Archives12:49Wayson Choy on his novel, The Jade Peony

The author of The Jade Peony explains why it took him 18 years to write his novel about Vancouver's Chinatown.

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Canada Reads4:03Canada Reads 2010: Author Wayson Choy reads from "the Jade Peony"

Wayson Choy introduces and reads an excerpt from his novel The Jade Peony.

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