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Uncover the secret menus of immigrant life and the search for belonging.
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The Secret Menu
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- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
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Summary
“Shiamin Kwa captures the malaise of migrant unbelonging so exquisitely that, in reading these pages, I felt I belonged to her. This book filled my cup, my plate, and left me longing for leftovers.” - Siang Lu, Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Ghost Cities
A culinary and philosophical memoir about the secret menus in every aspect of immigrant life, and what it really means to be ‘Chinese’
What is the secret menu? Hidden from view but commonly kn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398552074 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398552070 |
| Author: | Shiamin Kwa |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Shiamin Kwa
Shiamin Kwa is a professor of East Asian languages and cultures and comparative literature at Bryn Mawr College.
She is the author of:
- Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend (with Wilt Idema)
- Strange Eventful Histories: Identity, Performance, and Xu Wei’s “Four Cries of a Gibbon”
- Regarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century
- Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic
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