The Barbarians are Coming is a novel by David Wong Louie.
The novel tells the story of a Chinese American man trying to make it in the United States while dealing with his immigrant parents and their desires for their son.Xu, Wenying. “Class and Cuisine in David Wong Louie’s The Barbarians Are Coming." Eating Identities: Reading Food in Asian American Literature, University of Hawaii Press, 2008, Chapter 3, pp. 62–93. JSTOR. Accessed December 24, 2024.
The book was released in 2000 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, and received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, and Ploughshares.
Bibliography The Barbarians Are Coming: A Novel, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000,
References
Further reading Excerpt from book.
External links The Barbarians Are Coming: A Reading by David Wong Louie, UCTV, 10/28/2002