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Chinese hand-laundry district (downtown St. John's, 1930s)

St. John's (early 1930s) · neighbourhood

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Map location of Chinese hand-laundry district (downtown St. John's, 1930s)

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  • Cover of Hollow Bamboo by William Ping
    settingHollow Bamboo

    William Ping

    Publisher copy explicitly anchors the historical timeline to a 1931 Chinese laundry in downtown St. John's; the novel grew out of the author's MA thesis researching the real Chinese community of the city.

References

  1. 1.Hollow Bamboo: HarperCollins Canada (2023); 2023 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award shortlist