Mona in the Promised Land (First Edition)

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996. First edition, as stated. First printing. Red cloth over gray boards, with gilt initials device stamped on front cover and gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A very fine, tight, clean copy, appearing as new, with $24.00 price intact on front dust jacket flap. 8vo. 304 pp. Jen's second novel, a comic exploration of cultural and religious identity centered on Mona Chang, the Chinese-American daughter of immigrant parents growing up in suburban New York and deciding to convert to Judaism. Comes with an archival-quality Mylar dust jacket protector.