American Woman (novel)
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American Woman is a 2003 novel written by Susan Choi,[1] based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army and following events with activists.[2][3]
A film adaptation of the same name was released in 2019. It is written and directed by Semi Chellas, starring Hong Chau.
Plot
Japanese–American Jenny Shimada (based on the radical activist
Reception
American Woman received positive acclaim from critics and it was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.[4] Writer Joan Didion said, "Susan Choi ... proves herself a natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability. I couldn't put American Woman down, and wanted when I finished it to do nothing but read it again."[5]
Sven Birkerts (The New York Times Book Review) said,
"American Woman becomes a love story of sorts. It takes us through a peculiar, psychologically instructive cycle, moving from the sensationalism of the daily news, to the convoluted group psychology of four differently idealistic but misguided souls struggling for their survival, to the subtlest tropisms of the heart's retrospective longing."[6]
Adaptations
It was adapted as a 2019 film of the same name, written and directed by Canadian Semi Chellas, and starring Hong Chau.
References
- ISBN 0-06-054222-5.
- ISBN 0313330603. Page 455.
- ISBN 1438140584.
- ^ "The 2004 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction.Finalist: American Woman, by Susan Choi (HarperCollins)". www.pulitzer.org.
- ^ a b "American Woman". susanchoi.com.
- ^ Birkerts, Sven (October 5, 2003). "The Safe House". The New York Times.
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