Vintage

• Art of Fiction, The: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner (1983)

  [7/10]

  "Much of this advice can be found in the myriad of books on writing, but often, since Gardner is teaching to the would-be literary writer, he has new ideas about how style and technique can be used to create specific effects that many how-to books never address."

• China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston (1980)

  [6/10]

  "The text is successful in questioning the myths that exits today about the Chinese Americans. It demonstrates how the Chinamen were a major work force in building the American West, and yet they are still viewed as outsiders that were trying to take advantage of the success that was built by people of European descent."

  Average score: 6.50