Rezension: "American Born Chinese" von Gene Luen Yang, übersetzt von Matthias Wieland

Abstract

American author and illustrator Gene Luen Yang embodies what he tells in his award-winning graphic novel American Born Chinese: he is the son of Asian immigrants, his father from Taiwan and his mother from Hong Kong. Recently translated into German by Matthias Wieland, Gene Luen Yang tells stories about the difficult process of immigration, artfully interwoven with each other and with connections that only become apparent over time. Ultimately, his message is about an identity that is not determined from outside and by others.