American Woman (novel)

American Woman

American Woman is a 2003 novel written by the American writer Susan Choi (ISBN 0-06-054222-5). The novel is based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by radicals of the Symbionese Liberation Army. It was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.^[1][2]

References

1. Emmanuel Sampath Nelson The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American ... 0313330603- 2005 Page 455 "Choi's second novel, American Woman (2003), returns to the importance of history in determining character. Here, she focuses on the controversy surrounding Patty Hearst: a young heiress kidnapped by a revolutionary group (Symbionese ..."
2. Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature 2015 - 1438140584 "Choi's second novel, American Woman, fictionalizes the historical event of Patty Hearst's 1974 kidnapping at the hands of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a militant group with a radical political agenda. Nominated for the 2004 PulitzerPrizein ...

External links

• American Woman homepage